SINGAPORE — Higher taxes on the rich for their cars and property were among some suggestions proposed by Members of Parliament (MPs) to protect meritocracy and level the playing field in Singapore for people to achieve their goals. The suggestions were raised on Monday (April 17) during a debate on
SINGAPORE — Higher taxes on the rich for their cars and property were among some suggestions proposed by Members of Parliament to protect meritocracy and level the playing field in Singapore for people to achieve their goals., which was delivered at the reopening of Parliament last week.
Mr Murali agreed with President Halimah’s call to provide more resources to children who start out with less. Mr Giam, MP with the Workers’ Party , said that having to sit for national exams such as the Primary School Leaving Examination can induce “tremendous amounts of stress” on students and result in them forgoing opportunities to experience the joy of learning.
For example, there could be a separate category of the Certificate of Entitlement for cars costing more than S$1 million, so that the state may benefit from the demand for luxury cars, he proposed.
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