With a car, we drive around, in road-intensive Singapore (almost 20%), accessing its many parks and gardens and rivers in one day, before heading over to Malaysia for supper, fuel and massage. An experience of a lifetime, and time is saved for other things in life. Pollution? Electrify. Tight budget? Cut down on others. But Convenience? Checked. Enjoyment? Checked? Maybe even status? Checked. Family? Checked. Needless to check more. It you can't outrun them, join them.

$Mapletree Log Tr (M44U.SG)$ watch to see hold, sell or buy. Macroeconomics play a big part. Any swing in external realities like disruption to 30% of world's shipping thru red sea due to war will play out in this counter as logistics.

Budget is all about laying the groundwork for the next lap. Our Finance Minister is continuing to pursue his signature policy of Forward Singapore.
Increased social spending, alleviating cost-of-living impacts, enhancing retirement accounts, providing mid-career opportunities, supporting businesses. It is gargantuan in breadth and colossal in reach. Some will say not enough, a few may say it hardly helps but most will benefit, except for the ultra rich.