She noted that over the past five years, the Committee of Supply ( COS )– where parliament examines the plans and budget of each ministry – has “worked extra hard”.
“This word, we had an average of over 600 reduces filed for each COS, with an average of seven days and 45 minutes of disputes per sitting time across each Budget and COS time.
This is the highest level of cuts– or little speeches – and the longest period compared to any past name, said Ms Indranee.
As Singapore marks its 60th year of independence this year, Ms Indranee said the country “can take quiet pride in how far ( it has ) come through the efforts of past and present generations of Singaporeans”.
She noted how Singapore was recently named the world’s most modern land in a yearly position of 74 countries and how the land ’s id is “consistently ranked among the most powerful”.
Singapore’s Gini coefficient, after accounting for federal taxes and transfers, is likewise “at its lowest in two decades”, while the state continues to “retain top areas globally in home equity, PISA results, healthy life expectancy and other important metrics”.
“ When we first set out on our journey as a nation in 1965, no one would have thought we would achieve such outcomes, ” said Ms Indranee, who is also Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Finance and National Development.
“We did not get to this point by accident or luck, but through careful long-term planning, building on the trust and cooperation between Singaporeans and the government, ” she added.
“These are also the result of Budgets past and present, which have resourced and funded the policies that have enabled us to achieve these outcomes. ”