TR EMERITUS

Here I wrote why a good public housing system is good for society quoting the uK’s Conservative party in 1951 Housing is the first of the social services. It is also one of the keys to increased productivity. Work, family life, health and education are all undermined by crowded houses. I also wrote that in S’pore things... 

MOT Minister Khaw has trivialized what he had claimed to be a preventable MRT tunnel flooding by not convening a COI. Since investigations have not been completed, Khaw should not anyhow own self conclude the cause of incident is ‘clear’. It is anything but. What is clear: huge systemic ‘cultural’ issues warrant convening... 

And that of their managers too please. I’m asking because I’m hearing rumours that the members of the maintenance team are all members of a particular minority, while their managers are all of another race. Whatever, race is important here. Amid calls from various quarters for Singapore to ditch its long-standing Chinese-Malay-Indian-Others...