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Another Ministerial salary sob story

Another Ministerial salary sob story

The PM recently brought out a violin in Parliament and plucked the heart-strings with his sad song about the lack of revolving doors in Singapore leading to loss on income.  Apparently our Ministers are unable to take advantage of the revolving door system common in other countries. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house.... 

ST: Well-off bear biggest brunt of the price increases

ST: Well-off bear biggest brunt of the price increases

That’s part of a headline in today’s ST. In the text of the story, it said “the top 20 per cent … were hit by … rate of 5.7 per cent — much higher than the 4.7 per cent for the bottom 20 per cent”. ST’s Breaking News reported, “The lowest 20 per cent income group experienced a lower increase in consumer prices... 

Singapore High Commissioner oversteps outside his role

Singapore High Commissioner oversteps outside his role

Singapore High Commissioner to Malaysia, Ong Keng Yong, has written in to the Malaysian newspaper The Star to criticise an article that earlier appeared in the paper on PAP's Ministerial pay [Link]. There are from time to time, articles that appear in local Singapore papers that are not flattering about policies of other countries.... 



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