Singapore Opposition Politicians Won’t Support GST Hike Plans

Customers at the Market Street Hawker Centre during lunch hour in Singapore.

Photographer: Bryan van der Beek/Bloomberg
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Opposition politicians in Singapore won’t support the government’s plan to proceed with a goods and services tax hike amid inflationary concerns.

The Workers’ Party on Wednesday said it “cannot support” the decision to raise the consumption-based tax and will “continue to argue” against any proposed increase.