Subsidise foreign degree fees of those who don't get place here --TODAYOnline, 28 Januar 2!

""-#etter fro$ %olin Ong Tau Shien &ith Singapore e'periencing inflationar pressure this ear and the presentation of the $uch-awaited (udget on )eb "8, * hope )inance +inister does not ,ust focus on the widening inco$e gap in SingaporeThere is a group of local talent that is left to car.e out their own alternati.e acade$ic routes because the are not able to enter an course in the local uni.ersities with their A le.el results- * a$ sure $ost of the$ would ha.e to get a foreign degree which would further add to their fa$il 's financial burden- This is the current harsh realit of a $is$atch of de$and and suppl for uni.ersit places* will li/e to propose the ne't (udget ta/e into account J% students who ,ust fail to 0ualif for a local uni.ersit place and subsidise their foreign degree fees - perhaps capped to a one-off 1"!,!!!2