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Is the ruling party governed first and foremost by its own interests in calling for a general election at a time of risk and uncertainty? This question has been raised many times before. Now it has to be asked again. The front-page story in TODAY suggests that the People’s Action Party is seizing the “first window of opportunity”... 

Hong Kong has also rolled out its version of the Job Support Scheme in view of Covid-19. It is called Employment Support Scheme and pays 50% of each employee’s salary up to a maximum subsidy of HK$9,000 (S$1,620) for six months. All employers who contribute Mandatory Provident Fund (similar to our CPF) for their employees... 

On 16 June Leon Perera, a Workers Party NCMP, asked a question in Parliament. I reproduce a screenshot of his post below: Unfortunately there seems to be some befuddlement among both those who left comments on the post, Ravi Philemon’s daughter Jewel who is a journalist at the Independent Singapore and also in the mind of...