Budget means little to younger lower-income S’poreans
Leong Sze Hian My name is John (not my real name). I am a 33 year old Singaporean worker earning $750 a month. Disposable income drop? Before the budget announcement, my take-home pay, after my 16 per cent employee CPF contribution was $630. After the budget’s changes, with the eventual full restoration of my employee CPF...
Going Green (Paper) – Not Just a Matter of Colour
More than 2 weeks have passed after Parliament has passed a motion approving the Population White Paper on 8th Feb 2013. More than a week has passed since the landmark public protest at Hong Lim Park on 16th Feb 2013, attended by more than 5000 angry Singaporeans. And yet, there remains no clarity, to-date, as to how the “debate”...
Who is out of touch – the leaders or the people?
What's happening to Singapore? I get asked this question more frequently these days because many people are unsure what to make of recent events that have changed the conventional view about safe and unexciting Singapore where everything works predictably. There's a feeling that things are not quite what they used to be following...
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