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PAP Government’s Response Does Not Address Singapore’sFundamental Public Housing Problem

The point about Singapore's HDB public flats is that HDB public flats are over-priced, and (1) because Singaporeans are earning depressed wages, they are therefore unable to save enough for day-to-day living and (2) because they have to use their CPF pension funds to pay for HDB public flats, they cannot save enough for retirement. Second,...

NUS should come out to clarify the timing of Tun Mahathir’s conferring of the Doctor of Laws

Our National University of Singapore (NUS) conferred an honorary doctorate on Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed on 13 November 2018. This was in recognition of his outstanding leadership of Malaysia and his enduring contributions to the longstanding bilateral relations between Singapore and Malaysia. I welcome that. Before his current...

Another sign that GE will be next year

In another sign that GE will be next yr, the PAP govt is showing that it does listen, even if the agitation for a change in policy started in Terry’s Online Channel. I’m talking about Hawkergate. The qyiet, underground grumbling about the so called “not-for-profit hawker centre model” which some unhappy hawkers and foodies...