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I refer to this week’s Talking Point, “Where’s my taxi?”, on improvements to taxi services. First, taxi operators do not treat cabbies as customers who pay to rent their vehicles; they are treated like modern-day rickshaw pullers. The operators impose many restrictions, but give no value back. Call system charges hardly... 

Pedestrians and shoppers cross Orchard Road in Singapore. (27 Jan 2015) - As Singapore's cut-throat retail scene pushes companies to their limits, a number of international retailers are whittling down or completely shuttering their store space in the city-state. This month, Japanese casual wear label Lowrys Farm announced its... 

Minister of Social and Family Development Chan Chun Sing says any introduction of a Pioneer Generation Package 2 will depend on whether Singapore has the financial means to do so and the societal will to honour those who have contributed pioneering efforts. As a country with one of the world's highest per capita gross domestic...