Comments on: High cost of living? Buy cheaper products, says minister

By: TalkCock

TalkCock — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:12:27 +0000

Yes, I most definitely want to switch to a cheaper Minister of Trade and Industry. Hopefully someone who hadn’t been bounced from ministry to ministry, didn’t call Singapore’s first SARS victim a super-infector and declared the disease under control when it wasn’t, advised women to forgo hairdos for breast examinations, and priced a child at below $300K.

Or maybe what he really he means is we should all move to JB and buy cheap cars, houses and groceries and leave Singapore to FTs and millionaire ministers.

By: Alan Tan

Alan Tan — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:12:56 +0000

Noodles around my housing estate is selling at $3.50 per bowl now… Please advise on what I should’ve for my meal!

By: i see

i see — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:47:33 +0000

hello ??? i thought singaporean veri well educated, know how to distinguish what is a good solution from a bad one. minister can give a statement – go buy cheaper product as answer. pay him $400/mth as salary better. vote for them lah. cannot solve problem, only know how to shift the problem back to the people. yah, more GOOD yrs ahead !!!

By: Gary Teoh

Gary Teoh — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:06:48 +0000

Hi AXIS,
No way I am going to vote for PAP again, you see this week they increased the annual value of our private property by 20%, and we have to pay more to IRAS just because the economy is steaming, and my pay is stagnant, so end up I have to pay more.I think this time round Singaporeans are more sensible now, the votes will go to the opposition.

By: familyman

familyman — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:42:09 +0000

The other issue I felt upset about was the compulsory insurance for babies- unless you opt out. When asked if the scheme would include babies born and later found to have congenital diseases, would the insurance cover continue? Answer from Miniter Khaw – no. The premiums would be too high.

I hope the govt would know what it is they want to achieve. My personal take – if the govt wants the citizens to produce more children, I think the government should then take a stand to pay for part of the high premiums if one of our singapore babies is with a congenital disease.

I do not think the govt should push her citizens to have more babies, but at the same time say – sorry dude – if your baby is seriously ill, the govt cannot ‘deplete its resources’ and help your kid. I think the country will grow from strength to strength only if our citizens, govt and leaders all stay together and say, all the children are our future and no one, not even the congenital diseased child will be left behind.

Then maybe, the people will feel the sincerity of the govt and the population will grow – more baies, cos the govt is willing to help the parents and the child.

By: sevenleleven

sevenleleven — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:45:02 +0000

a million dollars salaried solution?

By: The Singapore Daily

The Singapore Daily — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:40:51 +0000

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By: sarek_home

sarek_home — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:45:01 +0000

Some interesting point from the minister’s reply.

an increase in the CPI can sometimes reflect technical factors rather than an actual increase in prices faced by consumers.

Our Department of Statistics certainly can filter out those technical factors to give us a good picture of actual increase in prices faced by consumers.

Instead of speculating the effect of “technical factors”, show us the numbers.

I guess NTUC will come up with more generic brand of products to meet the demand of lower cost alternatives, right?

Will the rise of CPI push up pubic transport fee adjustment next year while the rich-poor gap continue to widen and the average income goes up?

By: AXIS

AXIS — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:14:05 +0000

Gary,

You voted for them and has the cheek to complain ??

I do not think you have the right lor…

and I bet despite your regrets, you will vote PAP again because thats what you 66.6% are like psychologically.

I really do not understand the minds of 66.6%

By: Gary Teoh

Gary Teoh — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:53:35 +0000

cheaper products can be fake products, like DVD, cigarates,does Mr Lim encourage us to buy counterfeit products, given that it is cheaper.He eats sharkfin, abelone, beddha jump over the wall and he asked us to eat ikan bilis,fry egg,salted egg,sweet potato and tau geh.I regretted voting for them in GE 2006