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Here is the Q&A session following PM Lee's speech at the ESS (Economic Society of Singapore): The first question came from a Danish gentleman who took a swipe at his speech by saying the Danes are very happy paying taxes and surveys show them to be the happiest people in the world. "I do not believe that Singaporeans would... 

Leong Sze Hian I refer to the article “Memo to CY, Singapore isn’t better off” by Jake van der Kamp (South China Morning Post, Jun 12). Negative net income balance? It states that “Singapore’s net income balance has been negative to the tune of an average of 5 per cent of GDP for the past 10 years. That big trade surplus,... 

Vincent Cheng, center, talked at an event in Hong Lim Park about his detention in the ’80s during a crackdown against activists. Those accustomed to thinking of this booming city-state as a bastion of apolitical strivers and shopaholics might be stunned by the burst of civic activism sweeping this crowded flyspeck of an island. On...