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“If this transition we progress too slowly, we could actually end up losing our competitiveness. And not only the economy growth will slow down, job growth will slow down as well. So therefore if we get it wrong, it could end up with higher unemployment. We could end up with wage stagnation. That’s what we are worried about.... 

MP Hri Kumar Nair My point relates to the need for laws against hate speech and greater privacy laws in Singapore. The advent of the Internet and social media has improved access of information and allowed the ordinary citizen to air his opinion online. This is a good thing. However, the anonymity that the Internet affords has... 

I refer to the 8 Mar 2013 Straits Times report of Mr Tharman’s budget 2013 speech [1]. Mr Tharman said that our income tax schedule is highly progressive with 55% of Singaporeans not paying any income tax and with Workfare acting like negative income tax, our income tax schedule actually runs from -30% to 20%. This is accompanied...