TR EMERITUS

Having a good education has little meaning in Little Red Dot. After decades of ‘kia chenghu’, most Singaporeans have lost the ability to think critically. For example, by any measure, housing is seriously unaffordable in Singapore. A few decades ago, HDB flats could be ‘purchased’ on a single income. Today’s housing... 

When the Central Provident Fund was created in the 1950s, the aim was to accumulate savings for retirement. CPF has changed over the years. It is now used for a variety of purposes, such as home purchase, medical expenses and insurance. The govt still insists that CPF should be primary for retirement and has introduced schemes... 

An army officer I knew from my national service days was travelling to Australia recently for a military exercise. From his social media account, I saw that he was travelling in business class on a commercial airline (Air New Zealand). Another friend, a junior NSF officer, also travelled in business class to an overseas military...