Sunday 15 January 2012

It will be National Budget time soon. Last year, the MCYS was allocated some $1.8b of which about $100m was for disability services. (This figure excludes the spending for buildings which was reported as a lump sum figure for MCYS.)

I am hoping for more allocations for MCYS. It is not uncommon for government department heads to try to spend more money every December to "use up" the year's allocation. This is a waste of money and deprive the needy ministries like MCYS to better service Singaporeans.

No responsible Singaporean wants to see us run budget deficits like the West but we can certainly consider a redistribution of the budget so that the disabled can be better cared for.