TR EMERITUS

Brexit was not only about the United Kingdom and the European Union. It was a sobering reminder about the shortcomings and limits of globalisation, the scale of immigration, how quickly the poison of racism and xenophobia can shape the public discourse, the perceptions and prospects of locals losing good jobs to foreigners,... 

Quote: The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has told operators that their operating licence fee will rise from 0.1 per cent of gross revenue to 0.2 per cent this year, and then to 0.3 per cent next year. The untold reason for the increase of the operation license is: To increase funding for monitoring of the taxi to ensured... 

[A] CRITIQUE OF SINGAPORE'S MODEL: (1) No minimum wage, wages of low-income earners lowest among richest countries (Portugal upwards) (2) Government spends lowest expenditure on health as % of GDP, Singaporeans pay the highest out-of-pocket health expenditure (purchasing power parity) (3) Government spends lowest expenditure...