TR EMERITUS

I remember when I was gainfully employed, I was required to declare the amount of 'gifts' I receive annually as well as 'income in kind'. These are deemed personal incomes and are subject to tax. My family and I used to fly FOC as my wife was working in the airline. However, she was required to pay taxes for the amount of subsidy... 

“Mr Kausikan said that Beijing uses a mix of persuasion, inducement and coercion techniques to create a psychological environment which poses false choices for other countries...” - A PERFECT description of what PAP has been doing to its own citizens. Isn't our PAP govt uses the similar tactics of offering false or no options... 

They created the problems, at end of the day, it is we are paying the  price. When the PAP saw the property slumps, they kicked in by having  the two casinos, property prices shoot up. It is well known fact,  black money goes hand in hand with casinos, it is the best way to  launder money. Suddenly we saw 70% of the private...