TR EMERITUS

I read with disbelief the article ("A*Star scientist starts arts grant in protest against six-year bond"; Tuesday). How could someone be so cavalier about the use of public funds and ignorant of the fact that the Government's budget is largely a zero-sum affair - for every dollar spent on funding Dr Eng Kai Er's education, one... 

Singapore workers (25 Nov) - Civil servants in Singapore will receive a 0.8 month bonus at the end of this year, according to the Public Service Division on Tuesday. This will be given to them as part of their Annual Variable Component (AVC), on top of their 13th-month bonus .... as Singapore expects an approximate three per... 

(29 Nov) - Hong Kong’s leader admitted on Saturday that the frustration among young people over a lack of “upward mobility” was fueling mass protests calling for free elections in the city. Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying was speaking at a government committee meeting on poverty, weeks after he shocked ordinary Hong Kongers...