SINGAPORE — The timeline for introducing a hike in Goods and Services Tax (GST) will not be revised despite concerns over inflation, said Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Tuesday (June 21).
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The first para macam answer like no answer. It's like someone asking "I am concerned that the lack of land is driving up public housing prices" and replying with "The solution is to ensure the availability of affordable public housing"
Also, it's not like those estates the coffeshops are in don't already have hawker centres so mentioning that is kind of moot. People are worried that the increase in coffeshop prices could have knock on effects to hawkers whereby the latter increase prices substantially but just below the former.
Supposed to be confidence boosting answer but fell very flat.