Already, analysts are expecting at least one more package to follow. “I suppose when there is only one dot, one can’t extrapolate, but with two dots you can,” says Tan Ern Ser, a sociologist at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
SINGAPORE (Feb 22): Hot on the heels of a $9 billion Pioneer Generation package announced in Budget 2014, the $8 billion Merdeka Generation package is setting up expectations of similar packages for every generation of ageing Singaporeans.
Notably, both are geared towards healthcare and broadly available to an entire generation of Singaporeans.
