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ESM Goh Chok Tong has said that I had gone to Williams College where he was awarded an honorary degree in 1995 to “slam” Singapore. Allow me to set the record straight. Williams College faculty members, headed by a Prof George Crane, had protested against the decision. New York Times columnist, William Safire (deceased),... 

HDB has launched 7,214 flats for sales and their prices range from $101,000 to more than $472,000, excluding grants. I applaud HDB for doing a good job in meeting the housing needs of our people. However, I would also like to point out the serious problems and implications about the expensive prices of HDB flats. HDB flat prices... 

The point about Singapore's HDB public flats is that HDB public flats are over-priced, and (1) because Singaporeans are earning depressed wages, they are therefore unable to save enough for day-to-day living and (2) because they have to use their CPF pension funds to pay for HDB public flats, they cannot save enough for retirement. Second,...