Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong will deliver the 2024 Budget statement on Feb 16 at 3.30pm in Parliament. There will be a 'live' broadcast of the Budget statement on MediaCorp's platforms, the Ministry of Finance (MOF), government feedback unit Reach and the People's Association (PA) said on Thursday (Feb 1). This includes Channel 5, CNA, radio stations.
Senior Minister of State for Finance Chee Hong Tat has called Workers' Party (WP) Member of Parliament (MP) Jamus Lim out for "claiming credit for what others have done". This comes after several supermarkets and retailers recently announced that they would be absorbing the one per cent GST hike for essential products - something that Lim claimed he and fellow.
In Parliament on Tuesday (Jan 9), Senior Minister of State for Finance Chee Hong Tat outlined the proposed changes in the Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill. The changes are technical in nature, covering areas such as storing business names registration, late objections to the valuation list and property tax, as