TR EMERITUS

Arguably, the SMRT crisis management fiasco and ministerial pay are the hottest issues hogging the cyberspace limelight now. The former is recent and the latter enduring since pre-election and still is a burning question. Understandably, some emotive content, even debatable of politically flavored of correctness or otherwise... 

By Cherian George (originally published in Journalism.SG, reproduced with permission) The Seng Han Thong controversy has produced a flash flood of protest in the midst of a climate already fouled by the SMRT debacle. Such was the interest in the episode that my instant posting on Journalism.SG made it the site’s busiest day... 

I refer to the article “Singapore’s inflation figures still higher than expected” (ST, Dec 24). Inflation in November has hit a three-year high of 5.7 per cent. Real earnings down Against this, real average monthly earnings slipped by 0.2 per cent in September, over the last 12 months. Transport fares up Public transport...