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(This post is on the CPF. It contains sarcasm. Read at your own risk.) Just realised that the returns on many pension funds in the world fell last year. But even then, they fell to 4% or 5%. Still, some of the returns remained high. For example, India's EPF earned 8.75% while Malaysia's EPF earned 6.4%. Some pension fund... 

I'm a resident of the Bukit Batok constituency. Yesterday, my soon-to-be-MP visited my home when I was (presumably) not in. So, he (Murali Pillai) left a flyer at my door. At a first glance, seems like a well done poster with a front shot photo and a short and sweet message at the back "Hi, I'm Murali Pillai. It is my privilege... 

The response of Singaporeans during the seven days of national mourning when my father, Lee Kuan Yew, died last March was unanticipated – even by Singaporeans themselves, not to mention foreign observers. As his daughter, I too was astounded by the intensity of Singaporeans' feelings towards my father. In that collective mourning,...