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What recourse is there for national servicemen subjected to abuse?

Netizens are questioning the effectiveness of the SAF counselling hotline. According to a posting on SAF Confessions – where thoughts are contributed by members of the public then re-posted under a veil of anonymity – a conscript shared his abusive experience with his military superior. The post said that his superior...

Khaw: Fare increments are necessary to sustain service improvements

In an email interview with Lianhe Zaobao yesterday (28 Aug), Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said that the government’s Bus Contracting model – which comes into effect on Thursday – will raise service standards. Under the new model, the government will own all operating assets – such as buses – which are leased out...

Et tu, Straits Times?

Sometime back, TR Emeritus (TRE) was, among other things, slammed by the Straits Times (ST) when it wrongly (but innocently and without malice) published a reader's comments on Finance Minister's Heng Swee Kiat's medical bills. ST back then slapped TRE left, right, up, down and center for not bothering to check the facts and...