Dr Tan Cheng Bock: Understanding the NMP scheme
When I entered Parliament in 1980, there were no opposition members in the House. By 1984 we had 2, Chiam See Tong and J B Jeyaretnam. To allay the electorate's concerns on the absence of an opposition voice in Parliament, 2 schemes were introduced in Parliament, one the NCMP (Non Constituency MP) scheme and the other the NMP...
Khaw: Over 11,000 families bought ECs over 3-yr period
More than 11,000 Singaporean families purchased executive condominiums (ECs) from Q4 2010 to the same period last year, according to National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan. In a blog post, he said that HDB dwellers accounted for 86 percent of such buyers, while 55 percent bought an EC for the second time. Of the total figure,...
Double standards stink
On 16 February this year, about 100 Hong Kongers marched on the streets in a popular shopping district to call for curbs on the number of mainland China tourists. Their demand is very reasonable for a city as land scarce and overcrowded as Hong Kong: last year, there were close to 41 million mainland visitors to Hong Kong, averaging...
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