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Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 9 Apr 2011 letter by Mr Bryan Goh. Mr Goh says it doesn't matter how much our ministers are paid, only that our government is cheap. He also says that our 13% income tax + 7% GST is value for money compared to Western countries' 40% to 60% tax rate. Cheap government doesn't justify expensive... 

Mr Chiam, 75, will make history if he wins in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC. The opposition stalwart is aiming for a last hurrah in a storied political career. (Photo: Yahoo!) Chiam See Tong has been written off many times before. In 1991, his Singapore Democratic Party managed the unprecedented feat of winning three seats in Parliament.... 

As Singapore gears up for a General Election, believed to be just weeks away, many of the ruling PAP’s veteran campaigners have announced that they will be retiring from politics to make way for younger candidates – who will make up the core of Singapore’s “fourth generation leadership”. PAP Chairman and long-serving...