TR EMERITUS

I refer to the 6 Aug 2013 Straits Times report of Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s views extracted from his new book “One man’s view of the Word”. Mr Lee claimed that he would introduce a baby bonus equal to two years of the average Singaporean’s salary to prove that super-sized monetary incentives only have a marginal effect on... 

The recent case of the CPIB assistant director misappropriating public money is a good opportunity for the PAP to prove their case that million dollar salaries help stamp out corruption. Going by the PAP logic, corruption could have been prevented if the CPIB officer had been paid much more. So instead of penalising the officer,... 

The minister is right to say that we should not indulge in any form of distortions, rumours, untruths, misinformation and smears. Much has been said, and understandably so, about the potential for abuse that the social media represents. The social media  can also be an arena for distraction, entertainment and a place to be...