Open-door policy vital to S’pore
Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 1 Jun 2011 letter by Mr Kevin Kwek. Mr Kwek reminds Singaporeans of the danger of a 'closed to foreigners' view and urges Singapore to remain attractive to foreign talent and to offer incentives for foreigners to call Singapore home. But the issue has never been about Singaporeans being 'closed...
TR columnist Ng Kok Lim rebuts LKY school of policy studies’ Dr Tan Khee Giap’s reply on UBS study
Background: Dr Tan Khee Giap and his team wrote an article, 'Figures, facts and fallacies' which was published on ST (3 May), refuting the figures and data on UBS Report. TRE columnist Ng Kok Lim refuted Dr Tan's article on TRE (25 May): https://www.tremeritus.net/2011/05/25/figures-facts-and-fallacies/ Dr Tan then replied...
If our economy ever falters, that is the end of Singapore
Dear readers, A colleague of mine showed me this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwGF8MV4nSo about parliamentary debates on ministerial salaries some years back. LKY's point then was that Singapore's trade is three and a half times its GDP, higher than that of Hong Kong's and much higher than those of Denmark's, Switzerland's...
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