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Electricity price is shooting through the roof and the government is not going to help much, since it is due to market forces and the industry is run by private companies. In the first place, should something as basic as electricity, even be privatized? Prior to 1995, electricity was supplied by the government via the Public... 

My 84-year-old mother-in-law is a devout Catholic and as a result, I’ve had to spend most of my Sunday’s taking her to mass every Sunday evening at Novena Church. Although I am not Catholic (I am a Buddhist student of Christian Theology who has inevitably been blessed by Muslims, Jains and Hindus) I listen in and take in... 

I was having brunch with my wife at the hawker center this morning when an elderly gentleman recognized me and came forward to chat with me. He introduced himself as Mr Heng and he is a retiree now who has been in consultancy work. Apparently he is well to do, living in an apartment which he bought decades ago for less than...