TR EMERITUS

Singapore is a small island and is affected by global events much more than a large country. A large country is able to insulate itself by raising invisible barriers of the sort commonly practiced by Western economies and Japan et al. There is another reason why it is much harder for Singapore to escape the ill wind of cyclical... 

We pay to the CPF Board hoping to retire with peace of mind when we finally take a break before we die. The people in PAP keeps moving the goalposts. Way back in the 60's and 70's we were promised that we would receive our CPF (with interest) at age 55. Look what's happening now? It went from age 55 to 60 to 62 to 65 to... kingdom... 

In Singapore, apologies are an indicator of power—or the lack thereof. Publicized apologies, whether they are uttered by the powerful voluntarily or extorted from the disempowered with self-righteousness derived from privilege, are equally insincere because sincerity is secondary, if it is even significant. Nevertheless, apologies...