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In an interview with John Micklethwait, the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, PM Lee said that “efforts to ease inequalities through wealth taxes face challenges including ensuring fairness and risks to the city-state’s competitiveness.” He further cited that “we need to find a system of taxation which is progressive... 

This is the kind of question that you don't get from our mainstream media, ranked 160th in the world and even behind countries like Zimbabwe and Afghanistan. It is quite shocking that PM Lee had given such a weak response which is no different from what he had previously said - that he was trying to "build a team" that complements... 

Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Keng Swee introduced NS ostensibly as a means of nation building and deterring potential aggressors (but really as a means of brainwashing and inculcating in Singaporean males a deferential attitude towards their leaders). As part of the campaign to instill a military style obedience in Singaporeans it was...