on Tuesday that he had approached his MP recently “to share an idea with them,” and shared this idea to the group to get their perspective on it.
The vouchers are part of an endeavour from the Government to boost the economy, particularly the tourism sector, which has been badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The scheme to distribute the S$100 vouchers to Singaporean adultswhich started in July to entice locals to take staycations as well as support local businesses.
But Mr Shian argued that the $100 voucher would be insufficient to pay for big-ticket items staycations, requiring Singaporean citizens to add from their own pockets, some would not be motivated to use the vouchers at all.“Besides, if I really don’t want to go for a staycation and do local tourism activities, then its quite limited for me?” he added.
“The arts are as important as tourism, tourists themselves come here to buy local art and services too, so why not that? Isn’t art a way of discovering as well?,” Mr Shian continued.