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The recent hullabaloo in parliament about minimum wage and the bench mark of $1300 is in my opinion really a “sia suay” moment for Singapore. Let’s get the facts right. Firstly, $1300 per month is not a figure pluck from the air by WP MPs, it is a figure that came out from a survey by LKY School of Public Policy. The survey... 

I read with mixed feelings that about 470,000 lower income Singaporeans (LISs) will receive their Workfare Special Payment (WSP) in October. On one hand, I am much hearten that during this unprecedented and challenging time, LISs are again getting some much needed financial help from the government. On the other hand, I am disappointed... 

Around Sengkang area near Sengkang river, I see many new BTOs going to be ready, they are residing near the river, which was the forest which was supposed to be conserved. And now the BTOs are actually a few metres from the river, there is no more forest. This leads me back to the 10M question raised by Dr Chee, Lim Tean and...