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Black Death & Covid19

Black Death & Covid19

The history and the consequences of Black Death in the 14th Century is well recorded. I want to emphasize two points. 1. The social consequences of the plague [Black Death] on society came to be profound. The high mortality rate resulted in a drastic decline in the labor force. Wages rose for both agricultural and urban workers.... 

What happened to LKY’s wholly Singaporean workforce target by 1991?

What happened to LKY’s wholly Singaporean workforce target by 1991?

The New Year message by late Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) in 1982 was to have a wholly Singaporean workforce by 1991. The reason he cited was that it was not desirable socially, politically and economically to depend on a large migrant workforce, citing the examples of France, UK and even West Germany, which had large migrant workforces... 

Our SOP Ministers failed us

Our SOP Ministers failed us

Those intriguing five words were sent via WhatsApp by a friend recently. On reflection, they carry more weight than meets the eye. As is commonly known, SOP stands for Standard Operating Procedure – a very big thing in the civil service and the armed forces. If we go back to the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak, the government... 



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