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Should we be grateful for the scrapping of the TV licence?

Should we be grateful for the scrapping of the TV licence?

The Government announced in its Budget the radio and TV licence (RTV) fees will henceforth be abolished. This means that Singaporeans will no longer have to pay $110 a year for the TV licence and $27 for a radio licence. In his announcement, Minister for Finance Mr Thraman Shanmugaratnam said that the requirement for a TV licence... 

How the Poor cope with rising food prices in Singapore

How the Poor cope with rising food prices in Singapore

“IT'S been years since they last ate at a restaurant, and special occasions are celebrated at a hawker centre close to their home. 33-year-old Merry Sumeily is a mother of two who lives in a 4-room flat in Ang Mo Kio. Her husband is the sole breadwinner and brings home an average of $1,500 per month. Of that, about $350 to... 

Real World Salaries

Real World Salaries

DPM Teo Chee Hean must have a different concept of performance when he expanded on how salaries of Civil Servants rode on the mysterious GDP statistic which seems to go up and down on cue. Worker's Party's Low Thia Khiang had pointed out that the combined salaries of political appointment holders had been revised from $58.3... 



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