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Everyday
Life
April
5 2002
Community
survey on 'Taxes down, GST up' |
what har? 
There's going to be a revamp in the Kiasu-n-Kiasi Land taxation.
Corporate and personal income tax will be cut but GST will
be going up. The government seems to believe that this act
will make Kiasu-n-Kiasi Land more competitive, create better-paying
jobs, encourage high-income foreign talent to work here and
spur entrepreneurship. What Har? interviewed some Kiasus and
Kiasis from different age group to check on their views.
| Age
Group (yrs) |
Comments |
| 5
- 10 |
"I
know! I know! Like Mama tell me, can have 80 marks for
homeworks, but must have 100 marks for all tests and
exams, right?" |
| 11
- 16 |
"Unfair
lah! We are the most cham one lah! We don't pay income
tax but now CDs, Nike shoes, 37° T-shirts all become
more expensive liao!" |
| 17
- 22 |
"Income
tax lower... hmm... must ask for higher pay when I start
to look for job..." |
| 23
- 30 |
"Can
pay less income tax, that's good. But GST going up,
that means things more expensive. Must tell my boss
to give me more overseas trips, then can buy things
cheaper..." |
| 31
- 40 |
"Wah
lao! Zen Hu trying to kill me is it? Just ganna retrenched,
income tax lower so what? But now all the things become
more expensive, must tiao lao already lah!" |
| 41
- 50 |
"Lower
corporate income tax means now I can employ more worker.
Wait a minute... with the same price, I can get more
cheap China workers. Maybe I should fire some of those
expensive local workers. So what if they has been with
me for more than 10 years? Hey, I'm a businessman." |
| 51
- 60 |
"Har?
Si mi? Can pay less income tax now ah? Things more expensive
ah? Yao shuew loh! If my ginnas still give me the same
pocket money, but everything more expensive, don't know
got enough money to eat or not?" |
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April
2 2002
Committee
for Free and Paid Speech (CFPS) launched to support free speech
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contributed by Johnson
During the recent parliamentary sitting, the question
of free speech in the Kiasu-n-Kiasi Land was brought up. Acknowledging
the problem, the government has decided to form a committee
to support free speech in the Kiasu-n-Kiasi Land - the Committee
for Free and Paid Speech (CFPS). Listed below are the main
functions of this newly-founded committee:
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Providing recommendation on which bank loan package to take
for a lawsuit in the case of being sued for saying the wrong
things.
» Free consultation for Kiasus and Kiasis who have problem
agreeding with the government.
» Free courses on effective presentation given by various
grassroot leaders.
» An internal newsletter to specially publish Kiasus'
and Kiasis' views will be launched. They are free to submit
any issue to this newsletter, and they can be assured that
they will not be sued because the newsletter will only be
circulated in the committee. |
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