
Large sums of money accumulating in our MediShield Reserves?
Accumulated MediShield Reserves grew by 158% from 2008 to 2010? We refer to the article 'Healthcare system focuses on cost effectiveness: Gan Kim Yong' (Straits Times, Mar 28). Further to our article 'What is the accumulated surplus in MediShield?' (TR Emeritus, Mar 26), a reader, Dr Tan Lip Hong, sent the following MediShield...

Court reserves judgment on Hougang by-election
Vellama Marie Muthu and her lawyer M Ravi asked the court to declare if the Prime Minister has the option to decide on the by-election and when it is held. (Yahoo! photo/Andrew Loh) Does the Prime Minister have the option whether to call a by-election, and does he also have the discretion to decide when to call one? These two...

Why is the jobless rate for cleaners high if there’s a shortage?
Leong Sze Hian We often read that Singaporeans do not want to be cleaners (‘Where have the cleaners gone?’; Mon, 26 Mar, ST). If that is so, why is it that the unemployment rate for cleaners, labourers and related workers, at 5.1 per cent, was the second highest among all job categories, according to the Ministry of Manpower’s...
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