Friday, November 17, 2006

The purpose of the GST hike is neither solely to help low income households nor to compensate for the possible loss of money from Temasek's Shin Corp episode. It is, however, very interesting to see how the public ties together certain events and come up with intriguing conclusions.

As with any tax increase, the purpose is to finance an increase in expenditure. Be it infrastructure development, building of more rail lines, school buildings, hospital wards.. or the financing of service provision. What the revenue is spent on, that's up to the government to prioritise after taking into account the needs of the population.

There are so many demands for more money. It is unbelievable.

I have taken a liking to the $1 beef rendang pie at Delifrance. Yum yum. There are some nights I go to bed looking forward to the beef rendang pie the next morning.

It is very interesting talking to the admin staff who have been working for a really long time. They have the most fascinating stories about the VIPs and they know all these details that really make my day so much more exciting. Lunch time with them is always more fun than lunchtime with people who like to discuss work.

I recommend a good dose of allrecipes.com when you are bored. Looking at nice recipes of yummy food always makes the day brighter.

1 Comments:

Blogger Pyo Pyo said...

yup...sometimes the stories are more intriguing than Hong kong soap operas...

12:59 PM  

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