PM Wong recently unveiled eight new PAP candidates in a video and said the party would introduce over 30 new faces for the 2025 election – the largest number in its history.
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Indian-origin Dr Hamid Razak, winner of Singapore Youth Award, among 8 new faces in PAP candidate list for GE2025
Some 10 years ago, in September 2015, while working as a trainee orthopaedic surgeon, Dr Razak set up an organisation named “Indian Muslim Professionals (IM.PROF)” with his friends. The goal was to connect with the Singapore-based youth from his community.
Deepfakes in Singapore: PM Wong warns against digital scams using his image to sell cryptocurrency or get-rich-quick schemes
Former Singapore Prime Minister and current Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong has also been targeted in the past by scammers using deepfake technology to sell cryptocurrency and spread false views.
“We will always stand with you”: PM Wong to Singaporeans on cost-of-living support
Explaining in an X video the reason for the GST hikes, PM Wong reiterated what he had said during his speech during the Singapore Budget 2025 discussion in parliament — global events were driving up costs in the small and open economy of Singapore even before the GST rate hike, so the tax alone did not cause a spike in the cost of living.
“Where is the turbo-charging?” asks PM Wong in response to Pritam Singh in Singapore Budget 2025 debate
PM Wong cited some Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures between 2022 and 2024. He illustrated that even as GST was increased by 1 percentage point each in January 2023 and January 2024, the CPI inflation in Singapore went down from 6.1 per cent in 2022 to 4.8 per cent in 2023 and 2.4 per cent in 2024.
Innovation in technology gets pride of place in Singapore Budget 2025, driving SG60 economic growth
The Singapore Budget 2025, presented by Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong, has put a particular emphasis on certain economic areas as being the drivers of SG60 growth. One of them is research and development (R&D) to promote innovation in technology.
Singapore Budget 2025: Cost-of-living mitigation includes more direct benefits for people of all ages
PM Wong’s budget speech referred to a revision of the taxation system in Singapore in order to meet public spending needs by mopping up more revenue, and also to ensure more fiscal prudence.
What will PM Wong put in Singapore Budget bag for 2025? Catch live broadcast at 3.30pm on Feb 18; sign up for post-Budget dialogues
REACH, the Singapore Government’s feedback and engagement unit, will hold two in-person Budget Conversations in English and Mandarin, on 20 February 2025 and 13 March 2025, respectively.
CDC vouchers worth SGD 300 brighten up the New Year for Singapore households, ahead of Budget 2025
The CDC website has provided a “Step-by-Step Video and Guide for Residents” for help with claiming and using the CDC vouchers. These vouchers can be claimed digitally using Singpass. Flexibility has been ensured by allowing anyone with the CDC voucher link to redeem a voucher; this enables family members to share the vouchers.
Singapore SG60: Mission for 4G leadership is to retain “economic relevance” against “bright, hard-working, hungry” Indians and Chinese
In their recent statements, Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and veteran Indian-origin Cabinet minister K Shanmugam have spoken of the achievements of Singapore and the challenges facing the country, as it enters a new phase.
