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I dislike the practice of setting up separate funds for special purposes. The latest is the Merdeka Generation Fund. I do not know if separate funds were set up in the past for Edusave, Skills Future, Pioneer Generation, etc. Why do I object to this practice? A separate fund may give the impression that it is self controlling.... 

Singapore had been in the news for all the wrong reasons over an extended period of time. From the endless MRT breakdowns to SingHealth’s lack of accountability, from our medical data breaches to internal-theft of HIV patients’ data, from preventable NS deaths due to alleged weakness in MINDEF’s safety consciousness to... 

Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing is a dead giveaway. He started calling Halimah Yacob “Madam President” even before she had resigned as Speaker of Parliament to contest the presidency. Over the weekend, Chan gave the surest signal that the general elections are not far away. He kicked off his election talk –...