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In response to a recent article on PropertyGuru entitled ‘Singapore property taxes 2nd highest globally’, the Ministry of Finance has issued a clarification that the report by Savills called ‘World Cities Review’, does not reflect the low property taxes paid by the vast majority of Singapore property owners. The research... 

I sincerely urge the government to look at the crux of the issues below and not just address them on the surface. PM Lee wants Singaporeans to be gracious Graciousness will come when resources are not scarce. That would simply mean: grow our resources in tandem to growing population. When we had enough resources before the population... 

Watching politicians like the PAP government at work is fascinating. One learns a lot about how to manipulate people through the use of spin statements, cleverly framed messages and strategically orchestrated public relations exercises. As the techniques and examples are too numerous to go into detail, I shall just discuss one...