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Senior civil servants will get 8 months of GDP Bonus this year. This was announced in Parliament yesterday by DPM Teo Chee Hean. Annual salaries of senior officers in government are “automatically linked” to GDP growth. When GDP growth is 2% or below, the bonus will be zero. As such, these senior civil servants did not get... 

Everything in Singapore ticks over like clockwork. The metro train arrives every couple of minutes. The streets are clean. There is zero tolerance when it comes to corruption. Money is made, taller buildings are built and the wealth of the nation grows. But behind the facade there is another force that keeps this island nation... 

I was recently surprised to learn that Singapore has 72,500 troops on active duty and plans to double the number of "combat-ready aircraft" to more than 200. It also plans to have 10 more submarines to add to the four it has today. Or so the Wall Street Journal reported ("Asia's New Arms Race," Feb. 12-13). In fact, Singapore...