Is a Realistic Measure of the Size of Singapore’s Economy Only About Half What the PAP Government Says It Is?
I remember discussing Singapore’s development strategy with my Economics Director of Studies at Cambridge University, Professor Ajit Singh, in 1983. He said Singapore had pursued a similar strategy to Ireland, though he thought rather less successfully. I have made the same comparison many times in my blog. Both countries...
Parting Tribute to Yaw Shin Leong
I am extremely shocked by the Obituary of Shin Leong early in the morning. He was younger than me at 47 yrs old. I had just dreamt of a coffin and a funeral yesterday morning but didn't know who was inside. Now I know. I got to know Shin Leong in 2001, when he called me and asked to meet up. He was going through the membership...
The Ghost of Covid-19
Why is excess mortality in Singapore still so high even though the COVID-19 pandemic has long ended? Excess mortality (or excess death) is a term used in public health that refers to the number of deaths from all causes during a crisis above and beyond what we would have expected to see under normal conditions. In this study,...
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