TR EMERITUS

COVID-19 has shown to ordinary Singaporeans that our country is indeed very rich so much so that we can afford to draw down $52 billion from our past reserves. Our DPM has also confirmed that the government is not legally or constitutionally obliged to put this amount back. Every year, we know that an amount of at least the... 

I read with concern the government's effort to introduce a wearable tracker and probably compel all residents to wear this device. Many people are worried about privacy issue. It is an important concern, but I will let them pursue it. I want to raise the concern about the cost of this national effort and the possibility of getting... 

Our government has signed many so-called Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with many countries. A main part of these FTAs is a provision called “national treatment”. Basically, it means that the government is obligated to treat foreign companies as how it would treat local companies so that there is fair competition. For example,...