TR EMERITUS

I remember in one of my many discussions over beer with the Old Rogue, he would often state that America started having issues when it implemented a “welfare system.” He argued that the problem with the welfare system was the fact it was not designed to help the poor but to create jobs for “useless” people who would... 

Who is right? Philip Rowell or Tan Yi Shu? They wrote to ST on their views about having or not having kids. Philip wrote that he spend a good number of years as a childless adult, “which he certainly enjoyed.” But he broke that streak and had his first kid at 41. He said, “Simply put, in life, kids are what we’re here... 

The ST Senior Transport Correspondent, Christopher Tan, pointed out that private-hire car population has increased 500% since their arrival 10 years ago. In contrast, the private-car population has inched up by a mere 6.4%. It is therefore true to say that private-hire car operators are major contributors to the sky-high COE...