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I refer to “Pre-enlistees entering national service from 2017 can indicate vocation of choice”. This is another wayang which does nothing to address issues faced by Singaporean males. NSFs appear to have been given a choice but the most important choice is how long should one sacrifice for NS. Times have changed since NS... 

In my own opinion, they should have disclosed it. Everyone has their reasons, but in the end there’s always consequences. Daniel Yap of TMG in a FB post when introducing this piece he wrote [ LINK ]. Piece is worth a read, explaining why it would have been better for the authorities to have disclosed the cracks and the remedial... 

I refer to Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam’s suggestion that the retirement age has to go at some point allows older workers to continue working if they wish to, given that each generation is healthier than the previous. While I welcome this, I also have a suspicion that it sets the stage for raising the drawdown...