TR EMERITUS

Two months ago, I was conducting the weekly open house at The Workers’ Party HQ. Two young men came in panting midway through the session. They had gone to the wrong end of a rather long Syed Alwi Road, finally located our office and rushed over before the session closed. I had an interesting chat with them despite the short... 

Leong Sze Hian I refer to the article “GIC’s real rate of return over 20 years steady at 3.9%” (Straits Times, Jul 31). No more S$ returns? In the past, the GIC used to give the returns in S$ terms as well, instead of just US$. So, why is it that this year’s GIC annual report once again reports the returns in US$ only? As... 

I am under the impression that if you owned a HDB flat and a private property, you need to stay in the HDB flat and rent out the private one and not the other way round. Otherwise you are breaking a HDB rule which can result in the HDB flat being confiscated. Am I wrong or has this rule been changed ? In yesterday's Sunday Times...