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Infrastructure falling apart caused by PAP, did not plan for additional 2 million foreigners

Up till 1990, Singapore’s population projection was less than 4 million by 2030. Even the URA 1991 Concept Plan projected a 4 million population. According to a 1990 Singapore Medical Association article, “Singapore – An Ageing Society“, by P W J Choo, K S Lee, R E Owen and F J Jayaratnam, PAP had anticipated...

Why is there always selective disclosure of the jobs’ data, year after year for so long?

I refer to the article “Retrenchments fall in Q3 as unemployment edges up” (Straits Times, Oct 27). It states that “But as a whole, the labour market continued to improve, with total employment growth more than doubling in this period, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) yesterday.” As to “Meanwhile, total employment...

Under PAP ruke will Singapore become like UK or Venezuela?

In Hard Truth why PAP wins and wins I wrote about goodies for oldies from the PAP govt as its way of of bribing making sure that the vast majority of the Pioneer and Merdeka Generations continue voting for the PAP. As far as I’m concerned, we got the money for this and more, a lot more. Think of the buget surpluses: How...