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Singapore’s missing pioneers: out of sight and out of mind

Singapore’s missing pioneers: out of sight and out of mind

OPINION Most readers of the SPH propagandist book about the PAP - "Men in White" would probably flip through page 441 without much thought. Our correspondent's immediate impression after reading the page was Mr Yoong Siew Wah, then the director of CPIB did a personal favor for Mr Francis Seow, whom he was on good terms with,... 

Proposed amendments to present HDB policy to increase affordability of public housing in Singapore

Proposed amendments to present HDB policy to increase affordability of public housing in Singapore

OPINION Despite widespread sentiments on the ground that HDB flats are being priced out of reach to the average Singapore worker, the government and HDB are adamant that they remain affordable based on an unknown affordability benchmark of 30 per cent of monthly income used to service the mortage loans. Let us give them the... 

Singapore: Will the real academics please stand up?

Singapore: Will the real academics please stand up?

By Imran Ahmed, Business Correspondent Not all sections of Singapore society have kept pace with the city-state’s rapid ascent from Third World to First World. Singapore lacks an intellectual community confident enough to tackle thorny domestic issues or question conventional wisdom. Singapore’s social fabric is changing... 



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