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In his Budget closing speech on Friday, reported in government propoaganda tool CNA, Lawrence Wong made a number of disingenuous assertions about tax. He said Singaporeans pay much less in tax compared to citizens elsewhere but still “enjoy high quality public services”. He used as an example the fact that the ratio of tax... 

Lee Kuan Yew (LKY, Dead) vs Lee Hsien Loong (LHL, Live). Many people would see the Oxleygate saga as a feud between LHL and LHY but I see it very differently. It's basically a living LHL fighting against the dead LKY. Legally speaking, regardless of what the will of LKY says, the LHL Gov can still gazette 38 Oxley. It could... 

1. Many young people find the prices of new flats (aka BTO flats) to be too high and unaffordable. The general public has asked the government to use a lower land value, so that the flats can be sold more at a lower price. 2. The government is unwilling to use a lower land value, as a drop in the prices of HDB flats will be...