TR EMERITUS

For many, radical thinking involves views deemed ‘extreme’ and potentially dangerous. No doubt, ideas of radical thinkers have been misused just as what is considered ‘acceptable’ for many has been abused by a greater number of fanatical elements masquerading as ‘normalcy’. There have been recent proposals by the... 

AS we go through these challenging economic times, many still look to jaded ideas that have not worked or are failing drastically, and still try to salvage some variation of them. Various groups and political entities jostle with offering alternative ideas and policies that hardly take us away from the current paradigm of the... 

The recent discussion on allowing hawker centres here to operate at low rent and the possibility of profit sharing for such enterprises is the right step. This may help provide affordable food for lower income groups. But the issue of rent is obfuscated by the myth of ‘market forces’ that supposedly regulate themselves for...