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Archive for the ‘Opinions’ Category

Political systems

Quite often, I see comments in my Facebook page that reflected a narrow mind - anything to do with communism must be bad; democracy and free markets are good. I wonder why are these people so dogmatic? Can you do some critical thinking before giving their views? I have read remarks by many well educated Americans who expressed...

Ang baos could be pooled and distributed equally to workers

I refer to page A7 of today’s Straits Times, “Stern CPIB warnings for crematorium staff who got red packets“. This comment is purely my opinion. Our zero-tolerance towards corruption is well known and has earned us a good reputation and respect internationally. It is a valuable asset and our CPIB is doing a good job and...

How to reduce public transport fares

The govt wants to increase public transport fares to match the increase in operating expenses. The commuters are unhappy about the fare increases. However, I have to say that the commuters are not acting in a reasonable way. Why do I say it? For a long time, I had advocated that the bus services should be streamlined. We do...

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