The alliance would also fight for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to be exempted from essential items such as food, groceries, utilities, education, healthcare and medical services. It also called for free public transport for those aged 65 and above.
Addressing public housing in his speech, Mr Lim said that PAR would fight to stop permanent residents from buying resale Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats, who he claimed had caused an "astronomical surge" in resale prices.
The hike in resale prices has also "pulled the Build-to-Order (BTO) prices along", he said.
"It is no answer to say that the BTOs are affordable when, for many, they are only within reach with substantial subsidies from the government."
He added that PAR would also champion to gradually reduce the land costs for BTOs so they become affordable for Singaporeans again.
Closing his speech, Mr Lim asked voters the four questions Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, had asked Americans during the 1980 presidential campaign.
"Are you better off today than you were five years ago? Is it easier for you to buy things from the shops than it was five years ago? Are you prouder of your nation than five years ago? Are you prouder of your government than you were five years ago?"
The PAR chief said: "We believe large numbers of you will answer these questions in the negative."
He called voters to "take back" what belongs to them on polling day on May 3 and "reject the PAP", referring to the government as one that has "taken too much from you and given too little in return".
Mr Lim is contesting Potong Pasir SMC in a three-cornered fight against PAP's Alex Yeo and Singapore People's Party Williiamson Lee.
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Addressing public housing in his speech, Mr Lim said that PAR would fight to stop permanent residents from buying resale Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats, who he claimed had caused an "astronomical surge" in resale prices.
The hike in resale prices has also "pulled the Build-to-Order (BTO) prices along", he said.
"It is no answer to say that the BTOs are affordable when, for many, they are only within reach with substantial subsidies from the government."
He added that PAR would also champion to gradually reduce the land costs for BTOs so they become affordable for Singaporeans again.
Closing his speech, Mr Lim asked voters the four questions Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, had asked Americans during the 1980 presidential campaign.
"Are you better off today than you were five years ago? Is it easier for you to buy things from the shops than it was five years ago? Are you prouder of your nation than five years ago? Are you prouder of your government than you were five years ago?"
The PAR chief said: "We believe large numbers of you will answer these questions in the negative."
He called voters to "take back" what belongs to them on polling day on May 3 and "reject the PAP", referring to the government as one that has "taken too much from you and given too little in return".
Mr Lim is contesting Potong Pasir SMC in a three-cornered fight against PAP's Alex Yeo and Singapore People's Party Williiamson Lee.
Continue reading...