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Having a good education has little meaning in Little Red Dot. After decades of ‘kia chenghu’, most Singaporeans have lost the ability to think critically. For example, by any measure, housing is seriously unaffordable in Singapore. A few decades ago, HDB flats could be ‘purchased’ on a single income. Today’s housing... 

When the Central Provident Fund was created in the 1950s, the aim was to accumulate savings for retirement. CPF has changed over the years. It is now used for a variety of purposes, such as home purchase, medical expenses and insurance. The govt still insists that CPF should be primary for retirement and has introduced schemes... 

I read MOE's clarifications regarding the recent incident where a school withheld a student’s original PSLE result slip due to arrears. It was mentioned that the outstanding amount of $156 were co-payment miscellaneous fees for 2 years and that the student (or her family) did not apply for any financial assistance. Most glaringly,...