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Foreign population continues to increase unabatedly after GE 2011

Last month, The National Population and Talent Division (NPTD) under the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) released an Issues Paper [Link] to engage the public with regard to Singapore’s population challenges going forward. It said that the aim is to build a sustainable population that strengthens Singapore’s social cohesion,...

Another futile exercise to slaughter ‘sacred cows’ by yet another committee?

One year after the 2001 General Election, Singapore's second Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong formed a high-level committee to 'remake' Singapore. It was headed by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan. Dr Balakrishnan promised then that this committee would review all policies and would not spare any sacred cows. Even so, during the media conference,...

Rush of clients to Certis CISCO to check their safe deposit boxes

(Photo Wanbao) After news broke that at least 8 police reports have been made in regard to items being lost from Certis Cisco safe deposit boxes over the past few weeks ('Certis CISCO warns clients not to talk to media as missing item cases rose to 8'), the local media reported that a number of people have rushed to Certis CISCO...