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Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC MP Hri Kumar Nair. ST reported today (30 Jul) that Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC MP Hri Kumar Nair wants to step down from politics. "Mr Nair, a two-term MP and senior counsel in a law firm, serves the Thomson-Toa Payoh ward. Activists said he has asked to leave politics," ST reported. "That will make him the third... 

Minister Lim Swee Say with his famous toothpick (Photo: ST) MOM reported today (30 Jul) that the unemployment rate has edged up after trending downwards for the past 1 year, "but remained low". Preliminary estimates showed that the overall seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged up from 1.8% in March 2015 to 2.0% in June... 

The Straits Times Forum published an online letter by a Jonathan Toh Joo Khai yesterday ('Raise fares to improve train service', 29 Jul). Mr Toh suggested that to improve train services, SMRT should raise its fares, so as to keep up with inflation: Many people are asking what is the root cause of SMRT's frequent train breakdowns...