‘Outside of Singapore also wanna control’ — Netizens on CNB warning that consuming cannabis abroad is also a crime
The online community expressed criticisms towards the Central Narcotics Bureau’s (CNB) recent advisory concerning the consumption of controlled drugs outside Singapore.
“Wow, I didn’t know that CNB can go overseas and catch naughty people,” said a netizen in a comment with nearly 200 likes.
Lawrence Wong: Delaying GST hike would be ‘highly irresponsible’
Speaking in Parliament on Monday (Jul 4), Lawrence Wong said it would be “highly irresponsible” to delay the increase in the Goods and Services Tax.
He explained that the government is expecting its spending to increase, largely driven by the rapidly ageing population and healthcare expenditure. Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said that the economy is operating at slightly above potential, with a tight labour market and an overall unemployment rate that is lower than pre-Covid-19 levels.
Pritam Singh: The govt collected more revenue in the 2021 fiscal year than in the pre-pandemic 2019 one
In Parliament on Monday (Jul 4), Pritam Singh asked about the government’s fiscal position and whether there might be room to provide more financial help for lower- and middle-income families.
Mr Singh pointed out that the Government had collected even more revenue in the 2021 fiscal year than the 2019 fiscal year before the Covid-19 pandemic struck.
Halimah Yacob, Tan Chuan-Jin, Edwin Tong test positive for COVID-19, Netizens say ‘Welcome to the club!’
The coronavirus responsible for the current pandemic is no respecter of persons, as we all know by now. This week, President Halimah Yacob, House Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin, and Minister for Culture, Community, and Youth Edwin Tong are all down with Covid infections, just like nearly 550 million people around the globe.
As some netizens told them over social media, “Welcome to the club.” The President, 67, was the first to announce over social media that she caught Covid, describing her symptoms to be “mild flu-like” ones in a Facebook post at midday on Monday (July 4).
Netizen who served in the army for 12 years says that “we soldiers are insulted and treated like beggars” with NS55 $100 credits
A netizen who served in the army for over 12 years wrote that he felt the NS55 credits were an insult to him.
In a post to the Facebook group Umbrage Singapore, the netizen who went by the name of Shui Jing wrote that he served in the army for more than 12 years with his “body,heart and mind”.