Election’s Swing Voters – Who Are They?
Many Singaporeans have commented that the soon-coming election will be a watershed one. Some have optimistically predicted that at least two group representative constituencies (GRC) and three single member constituency (SMC) will fall to the opposition wards due to the hostile ground shift against the ruling party. Moreover,...
Minimum wage, maximum attention
Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 13 Jan 2011 report on the parliament debate on the minimum wage. It was reported that almost all who spoke argued that the minimum wage would diminish the economy's competitiveness and lead to unemployment for workers. That is not necessarily true. Wage related competitiveness applies to export...
The Struggles of Our Modern Families in Singapore
As Singapore prospers economically with one of the highest GDPs in Asia, our country also faces the same problem like most developed countries when it comes to an escalating divorce problem. Out of an average of 23,000 marriages registered per year, 7,000 will end in a divorce (source: MCYS). Divorces also usually happen in...
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