Adjournment motion on Certificate of Entitlement 2.0
Certain groups are in greater need of private transport and the Certificate of Entitlement (COE) system should be further refined to account for not just the ability to pay but also assessed according to needs. MP Jamus Lim made this call in an adjournment motion in parliament on Monday (Sep 22), saying targeted mechanisms for car ownership can promote positive behaviours. One way is to give discounts based on the needs of various groups. Responding, Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow said a needs-based system for COEs sounds attractive, but in practice it is subjective, divisive and benefits too few. The market mechanism is transparent and allows the government to channel COE revenues to the benefit of the wider public, he added. “This is not a perfect system, but it is the fairest and most effective way to allocate scarce resource in Singapore's context,” he said.
Certain groups are in greater need of private transport and the Certificate of Entitlement (COE) system should be further refined to account for not just the ability to pay but also assessed according to needs. MP Jamus Lim made this call in an adjournment motion in parliament on Monday (Sep 22), saying targeted mechanisms for car ownership can promote positive behaviours. One way is to give discounts based on the needs of various groups. Responding, Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow said a needs-based system for COEs sounds attractive, but in practice it is subjective, divisive and benefits too few. The market mechanism is transparent and allows the government to channel COE revenues to the benefit of the wider public, he added. “This is not a perfect system, but it is the fairest and most effective way to allocate scarce resource in Singapore's context,” he said.
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