Singapore PM: Twin challenges and how to make lives better

Singapore PM: Twin challenges and how to make lives better 

Economic uncertainties and the rising cost of living are two immediate challenges facing workers here. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday spoke about these twin challenges, along with the progress made by low-wage workers and longer-term plans to improve the lives of Singaporeans
 
NOT A WAYANG
‘We have ample supplies of rice. We have a stockpile. Our importers have been building up their stockpiles. FairPrice has got rice too, plenty of it. And their shelves are full of rice, at all times. I told them why not bring one whole container load, 40-foot truck, park outside, show everybody - which we did in 1990 when there was…worry about not enough rice in Singapore.

Lim Swee Say says people have confidence in FairPrice, no need to do this wayang.

But we don’t do wayang. We need to help Singaporeans cope with higher food prices. And we’re doing that.’
Source : Straits Times  - 02 May 2008

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