Middle class woes in Singapore: Are they missing out on the slice of the pie?
During my internship last summer, a lady called in to ask about subsidies. She raised a point about middle-income families not being able afford tuition programs and not being able to qualify for subsidy schemes as well. This, later I realized she was referring to the sandwiched class – “… this group of Singaporeans...
Lee Kuan Yew’s greatest half-truths
Lee Kuan Yew said some years ago, “Let me explain what happens when we make progress. HDB prices go up, private home (prices) go up, and all asset prices go up. Everybody finds he owns something more valuable in the house, his shares are worth more and he can live a good life.” However, to live a good life, one needs to...
Will there be Truth and Reconciliation one day?
Wong Soon Fong, former elected PAP legislative assemblyman died on 1 December in Thailand. He was 81. Wong joined the PAP in 1956 and was elected as a City Councillor in the same year. He left the PAP to join the Barisan Sosialis in 1961. On 2 Feb 1963 when Operation Coldstore saw the arrest of more than 133 members of the...
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