OPINION: An election hong bao or a Budget for an inclusive Singapore? - Eugene K B Tan

The Malaysian Insider, 19 Feb 2011FEB 19 — Each year, the Budget reveals the Government’s immediate priorities over not only the next 12 months but also the years ahead. In the lead-up to this year’s Budget, expectations grew rapidly that there would be plenty of goodies. Many Singaporeans were touting it as an “Election Budget”.Now that it has been unveiled, when compared with its predecessors,