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Archive for the ‘Opinion’ Category

Safety: Common sense to err on side of caution

Dominique Sarron Lee After featuring the top news last Thursday that safety breaches led to the NSFs' deaths, The Straits Times had the cheek to publish a letter praising Mindef for its "decisive action" the next day; clearly any and all negative responses must have been thrown out first. I wanted to draw attention to how extremely...

IRs’ jobs: Minister relies on newspapers for statistics?

I refer to the TR Emeritus editorial “How many jobs did the 2 IRs really create for S’poreans?” (Nov 17). [LINK] It states that “This is what the Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin replied on behalf of the Govt: “Based on reports by TODAY and Lianhe Zaobao on 10th Nov 2012, the two Integrated Resorts (IRs) directly...

It’s not slower growth, stupid!

"Hey, an email from Void Decker!" Dear Vivi, Long time no hear! Having fun immersing yourself in your current job as Environment and Water Resources Minister? I was so happy to see you in the news yesterday. It’s always good as a politician to keep your profile up despite your literally shitty portfolio. Remember,...

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