Will GST increases further cause the death of the Singapore retail scene?
Nowadays, the queue at Kranji MRT waiting for either 170x or CW2 have grown exceptionally long. The Malaysian Immigration booth are stamping S’pore passports by the thousands every day. Masses of Singaporeans (and even foreigners) are crossing over into JB to spend, shop, eat & relax on their day off. Even Pioneer &...
Wasteful to create retail electricity market
It is wasteful to create a retail electricity market. The consumers are asked to select the retailer and to decide on a fixed or floating tariff plan and also the duration of the plan. On expiry of the plan, the consumers are asked to renew the plan or to choose another retailer. The retailers have to keep their records of the...
Is PAP pricing our country out?
I made a trip to Hong Kong and Malaysia recently and it is immediately obvious that we are overpriced in many things - a brand new smartphone can cost more than 35% less in Hong Kong while most of the things in Malaysia are at least 30% to 50% cheaper than Singapore. In fact, the very same item in Ikea JB can cost 33% less than...
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