TR EMERITUS

Since the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the ruling PAP (People’s Action Party) regime faced more criticism on the number of new citizens granted in recent years. Official statistics usually combined citizens & Permanent Residents. I compiled a list of number of new citizens from years (Y) 1997 to 2009 with my estimations... 

BG Yeo I was stunned to read the last sentence (underlined for emphasis) of an extract of a speech BG Yeo gave in November. Our formal system is inherited from the British. It makes a clear distinction between political appointments and the permanent civil service. In practice, however, principally because the PAP has been the... 

With our GDP growing, and with my limited understanding, I think this would translate into more jobs and wage increases, however I am seeing the reverse with Singaporeans instead, and could the cheap influx of foreign talents that flood these shores to drown out the wages of Singaporeans, be also enhancing the GDP? What benefits...