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Getting 'buy-in' on cost of living
In his National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong explained why Singaporeans are feeling cost-of-living pressures - not just because of price increases, but because they have become used to a higher standard of living. Insight looks at this, and what can be done to ease the strain.
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Yasmine Yahya, Tham Yuen-C
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It is said that numbers speak for themselves, but when it comes to the cost of living, they sometimes do not.
The issue of rising costs and managing one's income is vexing Singaporeans enough that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke about it a fortnight ago during the National Day Rally, which is considered the biggest political speech of the year.
