TR EMERITUS

All too often, Singaporeans have felt resigned that once the People’s Action Party has decided on a course of action, there is nothing much that can be done about it. However, the swift withdrawal of Ivan Lim as a PAP candidate for the general election shows that an active citizenry can make the ruling party reverse course. In... 

Someone said that corporate tax was at 40% previously. It dropped after the introduction of GST. This statement is not true. It is sad that people can hold a strong belief in a false statement. GST was introduced on 1 April 1994 at the rate of 3%. It was increased in two stages to 5% and 7% which is the current rate. The finance... 

As mentioned in my last posting, there’s very little to say about Singapore’s General Elections. The result is a forgone conclusion and it’s a question of how badly the opposition parties get drubbed. As I’ve argued constantly, while the PAP governments have made mistakes, they’ve not done enough to lose elections....