All praise from MPs on first day of debate, most touching on PGP

[SINGAPORE] All 25 members of parliament from both sides of the House who rose to speak on day one of the Budget debate, did so in support of this year's Budget. And, most mentioned the Pioneer Generation Package (PGP). MPs lauded its promise to ensure lifelong affordable healthcare for the Singapore pioneers and the $8 billion set aside to pay for it in full.

But MPs also spoke about the implementation of the PGP, Medishield Life, and new schemes such as the Infocomm technologies (ICT) for Productivity and Gr…