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By Roy Ngerng and Leong Sze Hian This is a 10-part series which will analyse the tax that Singaporeans are paying, in comparison with the Nordic countries. It has been said that Singaporeans pay one of the lowest taxes in the world, and that the Nordic countries pay one of the highest taxes in the world. This series would explore... 

The National Environment Agency has called for proposals to manage four existing hawker centres, on a not-for-profit basis. I refer to the article “Not-for-profit model sought for 4 food centres” (Straits Times, Jan 4, republished Jan 7). Not-for-profit hawker centres? It states that “The Government is considering having... 

A system that penalises and rewards bus operators for service reliability will begin with 15 services in the first quarter. The 8 SBS Transit and 7 SMRT bus services will be among 22 that will be measured in a pilot that will span 2 years, said the Land Transport Authority on Monday. I refer to the article “Bus operators could...