TR EMERITUS

In a previous article, we did a quick study of Singapore’s population and the government’s policies from 1947 to 2001. Our curiosity was piqued – how effective exactly was Singapore’s population ‘disincentives’ policies starting from 1970 and lasting for a decade? This article attempts to give some answers.  Read More →

According to the government, a significant reason Singapore is opening up to foreign workers and immigrants is because our fertility rate is currently one of the lowest in the world at 1.2 TFR (total fertility rate). In this article, we present a visual look at how for more than 30 years since 1947, the Singapore government... 

Note the sentence construction: "On Friday, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said its expenses for the Committee of Inquiry (COI) hearing came up to $4 million - less than the $5.9 million that rail operator SMRT earlier said it had incurred." A superficial read gives the impression that that the COI cost only $4 million,...