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Gan says hospital beds increased by 30%, you believe?

Changi General Hospital housing patients in large air-conditioned tents. (Photo: ST) The Straits Times reported the parliamentary debate on healthcare yesterday ('Singapore Budget 2014: Hospital bed crunch comes under fire', 12 Mar). It reported how WP Secretary-General Low Thia Khiang held the PAP government accountable for...

Kishore asks S’poreans to give up dream to own car

Kishore Mr Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of LKY School of Public Policy, published an article last month ("Big Idea No. 1: A 'less-car' Singapore", 8 Feb), telling Singaporeans to follow current trends in the West and give up the dream of car ownership. He admitted that “Singapore will never be car-less, but it can and should have...

MP Irene Ng wants S’poreans to support a strong SAF

WP NCMP Gerald Giam asks whether outlays on cutting-edge defence technology could cause Singapore to "leap too far ahead" and spur an arms race among its neighbours MP Irene Ng During the Budget debate last Wednesday (5 Mar), several MPs asked Defence Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen how his Ministry spends its budget, the largest handed...