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The pandemic has exposed the dark underbelly of our country, the 8th richest in the world in 2021 according to IMF. The cleaner who was first infected in the airport cluster is an 88-year-old Singaporean. Most of his Singaporean colleagues who were likewise infected are in their 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. The younger cleaners are... 

I have read in CNA online news yesterday that China has announced a major policy shift, ie, it will allow couples to have up to 3 children after census data showed steep decline in birth rates. China scrapped its decades old one child policy in 2016 replacing it with 2 child limit which has failed to lead to sustained upsurge... 

There’s a joke in Singapore, which has become something of a bade of National Pride. We call ourselves as “Fine City,” because you can get finned for a host of infringements. As well as fines, we famously hang drug traffickers and we cane vandals. Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Independent Singapore took great...