TR EMERITUS

This is why I advocate for the Nordic model in Singapore. "There are good reasons to back such universal programs. All social policy, as the noted welfare-state scholar Gøsta Esping-Andersen argues, either reinforces or removes class stratifications. A welfare regime based on means-testing and income targeting does the former;... 

The recent announcement to raise the minimum wages of Emplyment Pass and S Pass Holders is nothing but merely a PR stunt by the gov as though it is listening to feedback and address employment matters for Singaporeans. Increasing the minimum wages of E & S Pass holders is never going to ensure a strong Singaporean core and... 

This FT problem is not just recently, it has been there for ages. When Singapore was 3.8M and growing, people did not really notice it. But the population has swelled to almost 6M in 20 years, almost coming to half are foreign born. With this pandemic, this massive immigration problem has amplified multiple times with many...