TR EMERITUS

Why are so many people so very upset about the 99 years lease decay? To answer that question, we must be absolutely honest with ourselves. Singapore's land area is only about 722 square kilometres, or about 1/27th the size of Johor. In it, there are competing demands for housing, industrial developments, hospitals, schools,... 

Today’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) release of GDP for the first quarter 2019 actually shows an acceleration in annualized quarter-on-quarter growth to 3.8% despite the drop in year-on-year growth to 1.3%, below expectations of 1.5%. Manufacturing was the main culprit since it constitutes around 22% of GDP and fell... 

I think there has been some misconceptions about the Singapore budget surpluses mentioned here and elsewhere. I have my own take on it which I will share here in the form of a question and self answer format. The main thing to remember is that the PAP does not give a rat’s ass about Singaporeans and the budget, like every...