0% GST is unsustainable
In the recently announced Shadow Budget by Singapore Democratic Party, Dr Wijeysingha proposes to abolish GST stating it as a regressive tax that "unfairly places the burden of taxation on the less well off". There is no doubt the present GST system is indeed unjustifiably weighing on the low income earners when they are the...
Is the Opposition capable of epoch-making? (revisited)
Is the opposition capable of epoch-making? The answer has to be a definite yes. The ground for the opposition is favourable and improving and the prognosis for making inroads into PAP domain can be said to be sanguine. ' Provided the opposition is united and avoid feuding one another in the hustings. There is already quite a...
How many top Malay achievers willing to stand up for the community?
According to a survey by Berita Harian, there are around 15 Malay candidates who may stand for opposition parties. By any measure, they are indeed qualified candidates who are not any less than any PAP Malay MPs. However amongst the 15 odd names listed, none is a top Malay achiever. In fact in the last few decades I cannot recall...
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