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Silly hope that ST will not be like China Daily, Pravda or KCNA

Yesterday was the last time I will be reading from a subscribed Singapore newspaper. No right thinking person will read the China Daily expecting anything other than partial news that support the official line of the Chinese government. Ditto for Pravda ( Russian Federation) or KCNA ( North Korea). The only reason we will feel...

Is a legislated bonus PAP’s hypocrisy at the highest level?

I share the sentiments of Cheng Shoong Tat whose letter was published in the in the Straits Times forum page of 5 October 2018, namely, "Not way for government to act in a market economy". The PAP government has legislated that from 2020, cleaning companies must pay cleaners annual bonus. This has not only interfered with the...

Why can’t the formula to determine the amount of financial assistance for short and medium-term assistance under ComCare be disclosed?

I refer to the article “More families depending on long-term financial aid from Government to get by: MSF” (Straits Times, Oct 5). It states that “Increasing numbers of seniors who cannot work due to old age or illness and a lack of family support are behind the steady increase in the number of families receiving long-term...