TR EMERITUS

In economics, austerity describes policies used by governments to reduce budget deficits during adverse economic conditions. These policies may include spending cuts, tax increases, or a mixture of the two. Austerity policies may be attempts to demonstrate governments' fiscal discipline to their creditors and credit rating... 

(Photo: ST) A friend was discharged from government hospital recently – after a 3-day stay (as a subsidised patient) – without being able to find a time slot with the relevant lab (in the hospital) for a scan (as an inpatient) to confirm the clinical diagnosis made by the doctors! The reason given: there was already a long... 

"PAP won't push for facilities in Punggol East" "Limit to what it can do for residents as its candidate was not elected" - Teo Ser Luck This is evidence that the PAP is a power hungry, self-serving, undemocratic, unfair and unethical government. Despite having the support of 45% of the Punggol East SMC electorate, they would...