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    Quote Originally Posted by eng81157
    last year's surplus alone was more than $300bn
    I think that number got extra 0s or it's in other currency.......

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    Quote Originally Posted by avo7007
    I think that number got extra 0 or it's in other currency.......
    nope. it is $300bn, you can check up on IMF's website. our govt reports an entirely different figure that doesn't include lots of revenue receipts.

    as to why it is so, we can talk more if we want to delve into the politics of which

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    Quote Originally Posted by eng81157
    nope. it is $300bn, you can check up on IMF's website. our govt reports an entirely different figure that doesn't include lots of revenue receipts.

    as to why it is so, we can talk more if we want to delve into the politics of which
    You mean like this?



    Also not $300B leh?

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    Quote Originally Posted by avo7007
    You mean like this?



    Also not $300B leh?
    300billion is too wayward a figure already lah...

    300billion is almost the size of the entire Singapore GDP (about 320billion)...

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    Quote Originally Posted by avo7007
    You mean like this?



    Also not $300B leh?
    oh ya, my bad. i just remember that our govt reported just a tenth of that given to IMF. didn't realise the number given by our MSM is merely $3bn.

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