S’pore has manufactured meritocracy, not true meritocracy
While meritocracy as a fundamental value of society is a given, the way it is set up in Singapore deserves examination ("'If not meritocracy, then what?'"; Monday). Meritocracy's underbelly reveals an elite group that has been bred in Singapore, where teenagers, at the age of 18, are given prestigious scholarships on account...
COE prices: Worry over hawker parents’ transport needs
LAST Thursday's article ("Two COE prices hit record high") made me worry me about how my parents can afford another commercial vehicle after their current certificate of entitlement (COE) expires in three years' time. My parents are hawkers and my father must set off as early as 5.30am daily from Sengkang to Ang Mo Kio to...
The real reasons why PAP increases property tax for HDB flats
HDB Want to know why PAP government, in their annual Property Tax revision, give our HDB apartments a high assessment based on market (rental) value? Discerning Singaporeans are able to see the following apparently clever “reasons”: 1) As they never fail to do, PAP try to delude us (HDB apartment "owners") we are rich, insinuating...
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