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On worthless HDB flats, $10 is also value

Sure, public HDB flats will still have value. Question is, what value? S$10 is value. S$100 is also value. Did they give any statistics on what the value will be? Don't just SAY there will be value. Show us the statistics. Chart out the trend. By now, some older flats would have reached 70 years of their 99-year lease. Are you...

Is MINDEF’s budget properly disclosed?

Not sure if this (edited table below) is proper disclosure by MINDEF. Breakdown on amount spent on NSFs, NSmen, etc are also not published. In fact, political salaries do not tally with the number of political appointment holders for most ministries. (link, see ‘Expenditure estimates by head of expenditure’) The...

Are the lives of foreign construction workers in Singapore so cheap?

I am writing this posting with a heavy heart after sighting the Straits Time's report on 10 Mar 2019 which reported "Worker dies in Sengkang construction site accident". This was the fourth death of foreign worker from worksite-related incident since the start of 2019. This time, it was an Indian national who came to Singapore...