TR EMERITUS

I notice many Singaporeans totally confuse themselves with the functions of politicians and the policy makers in civil service. This then creates in them a larger than life image of PAP politicians. The repeated criticism that I notice amongst Singaporeans against the opposition is that they cannot devise better policies than... 

Since the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the ruling PAP (People’s Action Party) regime faced more criticism on immigration. One problem was the huge increase in SPRs (Singapore Permanent residents). Official statistics usually combined citizens & SPRs. I compiled a list of number of SPRs from years (Y) 1997 to 2010 with... 

With our GDP growing, and with my limited understanding, I think this would translate into more jobs and wage increases, however I am seeing the reverse with Singaporeans instead, and could the cheap influx of foreign talents that flood these shores to drown out the wages of Singaporeans, be also enhancing the GDP? What benefits...