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MANIFESTO 2011
By Tian Zhenyu, Ong Beng Hwee, Lucas Jiang,
Sun Bangjie
Class 4O3
OVERVIEW OF SINGAPORE’S DEVELOPMENT
Air Pollution
Income Gap
Racial Harmony
AIR POLLUTION
INCOME GAP
Singapore has the biggest income gap among 23 rich nations surveyed in the book, The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger, by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett. This chart from the book shows the income gap between the richest 20 per cent and poorest 20 per cent of the population.
RACIAL HARMONY
Chinese76%
Malays14%
In-di-ans9%
Others2%
Singapore's Population Composition
ChineseMalaysIndiansOthers
Bud-dhism/Taoism
51%
Chris-tianity15%
Islam15%
Hin-duism and
others5%
No re-ligion15%
Different Religious Groups in Singapore
Buddhism/TaoismChristianityIslamHinduism and others No religion
PERSPECTIVE AND GOALS OF SINGAPORE’S DEVELOPMENT
We believe Singapore will undertake a
comprehensive development route. In the following
5 years, Singapore’s development will focus on
three main aspects: economic development, social
bonding consolidation and environmental
conservation. These three approaches in
Singapore’s future development are following a
core concept --- sustainable development. With this
core concept, we swear to endeavor to achieve the
following goals in this manifesto
PERSPECTIVE AND GOALS
To maintain a high rate of increase in
Singapore’s national income i.e. GDP and
GNP so as to ensure the sustainability of
Singapore’s economic development
To minimize the income gap between rich
and lower-income group and improve the
welfare of middle and low income people
PERSPECTIVE AND GOALS
To conserve the living environment ,
working environment and nature
environment of Singapore so as to ensure
the sustainability of living and development
for future generation
To consolidate the social bonding
between different racial groups so as to
sustaining the community harmony
amongst people
PROPOSAL
Minimize the income gaps and
improve the welfare of low and middle
income• By pushing the bottom levels of the
income distribution group up and slowing down the already rapidly increasing levels of income of the higher income groups
• By providing everyone with equal opportunities
MINIMIZE THE INCOME GAPS & IMPROVE WELFARE OF LOW-MIDDLE
INCOME
For those whose household income falls in the either
below $200 per person or $1000 whichever is lower, the
government would get the employers of these people to
justify the pay they are receiving, whether it is
acceptable by the standards as decided by a committee.
If it is justifiable, the government would pay the
household up to $100 per person in the household or up
to the point whereby the household receives an income
of $200 person, whichever is lower. If it is not justifiable,
the employer is liable to increase the pay of the
employee.
MINIMIZE THE INCOME GAPS & IMPROVE WELFARE OF LOW-MIDDLE
INCOME
For households with incomes below the average
income per household the previous year, they would
have their CPF interest rate increased to 3.5%(up
from 2.5%) per year or $1000, whichever is higher.
For households with incomes in the top 30% of the
income distribution, the CPF interest rates would be
reduced to 1%.
For households with incomes lower than either
below $200 per person or $1000 whichever is lower,
they shall be given free access passes to public
transport.
PROVIDING EVERYONE WITH EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
For households with incomes lower than either
below $200 per person or $1000 whichever is lower,
the children would be given free primary and
secondary education at local schools, paid for by the
government.
Companies are encouraged to hire more people,
based on ability. Companies can request for tax
rebates if they have been shown to be actively
providing more job opportunities for people in
Singapore.
PROVIDING EVERYONE WITH EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
For households with incomes lower than either
below $200 per person or $1000 whichever is lower,
the family members in the age group of between 18
and above can opt for subsidized workshops or
courses to improve their skills, from a range of
selected courses picked out by the government to be
useful skills to acquire (to be decided by a
committee).
PROPOSAL
Conservation of the environment
through• Reduce the industry pollution• Reduce the city waste from people
CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Enforce an Industry Emission Control Act. All the
waste gas should be treated to remove the pollutant
component before release to the atmosphere. All the
factories can only release waste gas containing the
pollutant gas percentage less than 1%. Factory
failing to follow the act will be charged 10% to 30%
of its revenue based on the amount of pollutant gas
it released.
CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Organize workshops and seminars for various
factories to teach them the technology of reducing
the waste gas and solids. Provide 10000 SGD fund
for factories to build waste treatment facilities.
Enforce the Plastic Bag Control Act. People will not
get free plastic bag from shops. Instead, it will be
sold as the product at the price of 10 cents. People
can purchase cloth bags from shops.
PROPOSAL
To promote the harmony in Singapore• By ensuring a stable demographics of
people in each neighborhood
PROMOTE THE HARMONY IN SINGAPORE
Slow down the influx of foreign talents by around
30% each year until the foreign talents make up
around 30% of the Singapore population.
Make sure that these foreign talents do not
entirely make up of a dominant race, which has
around equal proportion to Singapore's racial
demographics.
Ensure that the ratio of foreign talents to citizens
and PRs do not stray too far away from 1:2
POSSIBLE NEGATIVE OUTCOMES
If the government has to give handouts to the
people, it will make the people reliant on he
government, without any desire for self-
independence. Also, the money needed to give the
handouts will be taken from taxpayers’ money, which
will increase the financial burden on the rest of the
working population. In the long term, it will be a
huge financial burden on the government a more
people depend on the government and do not work
hard on their own.
POSSIBLE NEGATIVE OUTCOMES
By educating everyone (as shown by the free
primary and secondary education), no one will do the
manual jobs that do not require education. Without
an increase in the number of jobs that require
secondary school qualification, there will be an
excess of people who have education up to
secondary school, but not enough jobs for that group
of people. As a result, their wages will decrease due
to the increased supply, and unemployment will rise.
POSSIBLE NEGATIVE OUTCOMES
Although the ratio of foreign to local population is
maintained at a constant, if the local population
continues to decrease (as shown from the trend the
past few years), then the number of foreign
population must decrease accordingly too, to
maintain the constant ratio. This means that our
population will just get smaller and smaller. In this
case, it will be extremely hard to ensure the survival
of the nation as we lose out in terms of population
size.
POSSIBLE NEGATIVE OUTCOMES
If we enforce such strict regulations on waste gas
release, the companies will need resources in the
form of land to build the waste treatment facilities,
and energy to operate the facilities. Hence, this will
increase their production cost (the $10000 fund may
not be enough to cover the cost) and they have less
land to expand their production facilities. This means
that, without an expansion in production facilities, it
will be harder to increase production; hence it will
be harder to employ more people.
CONCLUSION
On the whole, our plan effectively tackles both the
economic and environmental problems of Singapore with
our three-prong approach. This approach serves to tackle
the problem of environmental degradation both on the
personal level and on the corporate level, and solves the
problem of poverty by involving three parties, the
government, the companies, and the people themselves to
effectively nip the problem in its bud.
THANK YOU!
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