If high inequality be not Govt’s fault, neither should high growth be Govt’s credit
DPM Tharman In ST Saturday’s article “Inequality has risen, but so have incomes’, DPM Tharman initially appears to have pinned the blame on our “phenomenal growth in education levels over a single generation” and being a city-state for our rising inequality. DPM Tharman then offered statistics on our first world educational...
Can, and should, the government sue citizens for defamation?
There has been much discussion on the defamation suit brought by the Council for Private Education (CPE), a statutory body under the Ministry of Education, against blogger and former student, Ms Han Hui Hui. This raises the question as to whether the Government should sue citizens for defamation. If the Government, which has...
Nothing epochal – only tweaks
“The most striking thing was how Singaporeans will continue to be dependent on government handouts for even basic things like housing and health care,” I told the Wall Street Journal, which asked me for my views on the Prime Minister’s National Day Rally speech. “Singaporeans should ponder this: Why do we have to continue...
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