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I was flabbergasted after reading a news article in yesterday's Straits Times with the heading… “Cabbies cry foul over rival drivers”. In the first place, the news article reported mainly the opinion of a single person, Mr. Ang Hin Kee, who is NOT a cabby but an adviser to the National Taxi Association (NTA) and a Ang... 

Minimum wages Ministers like to point out to the German industrial system (world class SMEs, R&D, apprentice system, productivity, employer union co-operation) as a model that S'pore is following or trying to. After all we are the Prussians of Asia: dour, prickly, and efficient (es SMRT). Err so why not minimum wages here?... 

HDB Lease Buyback extended to 4-room flats According to the Straits Times news report “Changes to Lease Buyback Scheme kick in on April 1” (Apr 1) – “four-room flats will now be eligible, extending the scheme to cover 75 per cent of elderly households, up from 35 per cent previously. The monthly household income ceiling...