PM Lee announces new initiatives on housing, education & jobs
SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday announced new
initiatives on housing, healthcare, education and jobs, as he pledged to
put Singaporeans first. These measures include raising the qualifying
income ceiling for HDB home buyers, increasing the number of places for
Singaporeans at local universities, making healthcare more affordable
and tightening the hiring of foreign workers. In his first National Day
Rally speech since the General Election in May, Mr Lee said the thrust
of the government’s policies will be a Singaporean-first approach, even
as the country stays open to the world. He noted concerns over rising
home prices, healthcare costs and the inflow of foreigners – all hot
button issues at the recent elections. Mr Lee said: "I can fully
understand and empathise with concerns because it has been a difficult
ride, bumpy, stormy and causing anxiety from time to time but we are
tackling these problems – building more flats, improving public
transport, managing inflow of foreign workers and immigrants. "It will
take a while to solve these problems because they are big and
complicated issues, but we are heading in the right direction and things
will get better. So please be patient." On housing, the prime minister
made the commitment to keep housing available and affordable for
Singaporeans. The government will raise the qualifying income ceilings
of households for HDB’s Build-To-Order (BTO <b>…</b>
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