I appreciate the slew of SG50 measures unveiled by the government to-date, the latest being the free admission into Sentosa via Boardwalk. Most of the SG50 measures targeted are pro-community and pro-bonding, though as a retail investor, I feel that, with Singapore into its 50th anniversary, the Singapore Government could emulate what it has done in year 1993 when Singapore Citizens were able to purchase Group A shares of Singtel at a discounted price as part of the Singapore Government's effort to share the nation’s wealth and to enlarge the base of share-owning Singaporeans.
My proposed incentive is one of pragmatism: I mean when I talk to many of the ordinary Singaporean folks, most of them rank monies as one of the things that they have to think about in their daily lives. I mean look at the high cost of living in Singapore and look at the long queues ......