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Is there a need for taxpayer-funded grant to attract marquee events? Edwin Tong responds

In a Parliament sitting on March 4, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong answered several questions filed by MPs on Singapore hosting marquee events such as Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.

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Is there a need for taxpayer-funded grant to attract marquee events? Edwin Tong responds

During a Parliament sitting on Monday (March 4), Workers' Party MP Gerald Giam asked Minister Tong: "Given that Singapore is such an attractive destination for marquee events, why is there even a need to give taxpayer-funded grants to attract them?"

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(04-03-2024, 05:30 PM)Bigiron Wrote: [ -> ]Is there a need for taxpayer-funded grant to attract marquee events? Edwin Tong responds

In a Parliament sitting on March 4, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong answered several questions filed by MPs on Singapore hosting marquee events such as Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.

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If we elect a government and after that keep shaking our buttock because we expect the government to ask for your mother's permission to spend, while ranting taxpayers marnee! taxpayers marnee! then we might as well not have a government. 

Keep your taxes, and see what you are capable of doing with it lorh..  Rolleyes