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PM Lee said in his New Year Speech: “Here, we will uplift the most vulnerable amongst us, and leave nobody behind whatever the vicissitudes of life.” The picture shows an elderly couple trying to sell some small items at the exit of a MRT station. The elderly uncle stood in the same spot besides a wheelchair-bound elderly... 

Finance minister Heng Swee Keat will deliver his budget statement on 18 February 2020. In the face of a slowing economy (and being an election year), I foresee that Heng will most likely dish out a generous Santa Clause budget. By and large, all national budgets are similar: We want to invest in our people, our future, help... 

Manpower Minister Josephine Teo recent announced that her ministry's work priority for 2020 was to tighten the Fair Consideration Framework (FCF) to ensure employment fairness at workplaces. FCF was introduced in 2014 after waves of complains were directed at MOM about employers' preferences at hiring foreigners over Singaporeans...