TR EMERITUS

The predecessor of Mediacorp, Radio Television Singapura (RTS) was a government department under the Ministry of Culture. Later, to become more operationally and financially autonomous, it became a statutory board and was renamed Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). In 1994, it was privatized and became Television Corporation... 

Our government has signed many so-called Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with many countries. A main part of these FTAs is a provision called “national treatment”. Basically, it means that the government is obligated to treat foreign companies as how it would treat local companies so that there is fair competition. For example,... 

Bravo to SPC! This is the second time it has resisted industry-wide increase in pump prices. As a result of its resistance, the other companies have back-tracked and reduced prices. This is how a free market should work. However, companies in industries that have few competitors and where the product is identical – petrol,...