Dear The Real Singapore,
I refer to Nicole Seah's self reflection article: NICOLE SEAH: GROUND ZERO
If Nicole Seah need political agenda to work on, she can consider the following list:
1. HDB price had got beyond average Singapore income earner. Although KBW had illustrated an example, but what happened you got lay off, having children etc; that will make you short of money, a complete family size of two aged parent, two kids, housewife and only husband working, can he support?
2. Majority HDB flat size are designed for young couple, only a few for multi-generation family, worst if parent reach old age and need additional care, shuttle between family need a car and extra cash.
3. HDB always in noisy condition, wedding, funeral, function, renovation, burning joyspaper etc.
4. Heavy work load, traffic congestion, only civil servant able to reach home by 6pm on working day, most family in Singapore can not enjoy work and life.
5. Many Singaporean work as Taxi driver because of no suitable job, but Taxi trade are full of stress and occupation hazard, at income of $1500 per month, an accident loss of $2000 will landed driver many months short of money.
6. It is good to set up a web site that let unemployed people register, as opposition which show commitment to serve, let potential employer get contact for free, you will win their heart and vote. You also can open the same web site to let people to voice their work problem, help them to direct them to relevant government agency and help them to get answer from the agency too.
7. It is time to press for higher Tax for high incomer and lower tax for low incomer. At annual income of $250,000 no problem of paying more tax and have many choice of lifestyle, at annual income of $50,000 left little saving and any tax is a burden to them. Our official statistic always misleading, for average family income of $3900 figures, quite many blow that figures and about 30% of them earned few times higher than that. Since 80% of them stay at HDB, an official average income of HDB dweller will be more relevant.
Toh
TRS Contributor