First HDB, next CPF? Will Singapore’s twin sacred cows be slayed?
Last year was a rude awakening for Singaporeans who came to the realisation that their prized retirement nest egg – the HDB flat – would continually dwindle in value with each passing day. National Development Minister Lawrence Wong admitted as much: “As the leases run down, especially towards the tail-end, the flat prices...
Even star TOC columnist thinks the PAP way
What’s the assumption behind this for Ghui, star columnist for TOC? it is important to note that Heng will have a sharp learning curve. Unlike PM Lee and former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, Heng has not spent years waiting in the wings. He only entered politics in 2011 and was made a minister immediately after his win at...
Let’s try and make sense of why so many people find Oxleygate entertaining and pleasurable
Somebody recently said that only sadists, haters and losers could derive satisfaction and pleasure from the Lee family feud or Oxleygate. Really? That is being overly simplistic and sweeping about it. The whole episode is intensely revealing not only about the Lee family but about ourselves. Here’s the one-two-three of it. One:...
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