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Part 1 and 2 of this series of Singaporean public finances focused where the cash from the increased indebtedness has gone and the role of the Central Provident Fund in providing a low cost easy access source of funds for the government of Singapore.  Since I answered most questions about the CPF in Part 2, people started... 

Singapore is a country made up of two kinds of people: generalists and specialists. When a commuter steps into a local cab the taxi driver is likely to give a running commentary of what ills Singapore until the destination is reached. In this sense the taxi driver is a generalist. If the government frowned upon this in the... 

政府三管齐下管理新加坡的陆路交通，这样的政策应该时不时要拿出来评估（policy evaluation），高官和有关部门还要有道德勇气来自我评估，而不是等到捅了大娄子才来补救。在形势后头穷追，只能算是庸材治国。 这三项政策曰：一、拥车证制度（COE）；二、公路电子收费系统（ERP）；三、公共交通。我们民众现在要知道的是： 这些政策的推行是否有达到原先预期的效果？ 是否已经违背原有的用意？ “3E标准”（effectiveness、efficiency...