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Cooling the property market in Singapore

The Star- January 26, 2013 The government unveiled one of the strongest property packages last week that made speculation on real estate a much less attractive proposition for Malaysians, Chinese mainlanders and Indonesians. THIS is another subject of strong local sentiments affecting interests of foreigners in Singapore. This...

MP Pritam Singh’s speech on the Population White Paper

Thank you Madam Speaker. The government ‘s population white paper has been met by a barrage of criticism from ordinary Singaporeans. The government in the last week and Deputy Prime Minister Teo in his opening speech on this motion have been at pains to stress that 6.5-6.9 million is not a target. I, like many Singaporeans...

NCMP Yee Jenn Jong’s speech on the Population White Paper

A Singapore Core Madam Speaker. I object the motion. The Workers’ Party is proposing an alternative model – one that is based on a dynamic population for a sustainable Singapore. What is a sustainable Singapore? Reading through the white paper, I get a sense that Singapore is a large factory. We need 2-5% annual economic...