Episode Details

Minister Lawrence Wong delivered his love letter to Singaporeans, the Budget 2023 on Valentines’ Day. We make sense of all the announcements, and discuss whether the enhanced baby bonus will finally solve Singapore’s declining birth rate issues. Elsewhere, the civil service announced that it will start using ChatGPT for research and speechwriting. Is this a step in the right direction, given the fears that people have about AI taking over our jobs?

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Budget 2023: What Stood Out

• Budget 2023: What you need to know - from more cash payouts to higher property and car taxes
• Lawrence Wong's 2023 Budget Statement summarised in 90 seconds
• Budget 2023: $3k more in Baby Bonus, more financial support for children’s early years
• Snap Insight: Bigger grants for first-time resale HDB buyers provide relief, but may have knock-on impact on prices

Civil Servants Use ChatGPT to Write Speeches

• Civil servants to soon use ChatGPT to help with research, speech writing

One Shiok Comment

• Private DM clarifying the topic of LKY’s 100th birth anniversary 
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Edited and mixed by Tristen Yeak