FT policy is bad for productivity and innovation
Migrant workers The govt complains that productivity is poor and is worried, introducing measures to “improve” it. At the same time, we all know that the working population here has increased due to the flood of FTs. At the same time, S’pore’s attempt to be a global centre of innovation, is stuck on the runway. Contrast...
Retirement: Most Singaporeans unprepared?
In my preparation to speak at a seminar on Retirement and Healthcare Concerns, organised by the Singapore Professional Centre on 26 October, 2 to 5 pm (registration link is here), and the SPP Financial Literacy Awareness programme (7th Intake) on 9 November, 3 to 6 pm (registration link is here), I came across the following: The...
A parliamentary Freudian slip
If we read more into this little statement “they are comparing apples with lemons”, it sounds like a Freudian slip by National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan. He was fending off queries in Parliament on why studio flats are more expensive than 2-room flats of the same size, despite the much shorter lease of 30 years. Why...
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