Public Forum – ‘Budget: Govt still not spending on Healthcare, CPF or HDB?’
The Budget for 2017 was delivered in Parliament on 20 February. A public forum, jointly organised by Maruah and The Online Citizen will be held on Sathurday (25 Feb) from 2 to 5 pm to discuss the recent Budget and its implications. Will the Government continue with its fiscal policies of not spending any money on healthcare,...
Does the government understand the struggles of the working class?
Last evening, after listening to the budget broadcast, I went to have an early dinner at the coffee shop near my place. As the dinner crowd has not come in, I had an opportunity to strike up a short conversation with Bo Huat (in his late sixties), who runs my favourite wanton noodle stall with his wife from 7 am to 3 pm and...
PM Lee: ‘Syonan Gallery’ chosen to ‘evoke that dark and traumatic period’
Many Singaporeans have spoken up in recent days about the exhibition at the Former Ford Factory. We initially called it "Syonan Gallery: War and its Legacies". The name "Syonan" was meant to evoke that dark and traumatic periodin Singapore’s history. But quite a few felt that the name itself, used like this, caused them pain....
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