PAP half-heartedly cleaning up the mess they created
Whose fault is it? One of the sociopolitical issues which irk me the most is the fact that the HDB (resale) prices has almost doubled over the past 6 years. Let’s recall that the simple reason behind this is that the PAP let in too many foreigners to push up demand which led to housing-bubble levels of prices. In 2008, they...
Shift from elitism: Ignoring the socio-economic statistics?
Mr Leong Sze Hian Embracing diversity, redefining meritocracy? I refer to the article "Public Service ‘embracing diversity, redefining meritocracy’" (Today, Sep 18). It states that "Reiterating that a decreasing proportion of PSC scholars hail from academic powerhouses Raffles Institution (RI) and Hwa Chong Institution (HCI),...
Govt not aiming to eliminate but to remake ‘elitism’
Recent measures show that the government is not aiming to eliminate, only to remake, elitism, which exists everywhere. Seah Chiang Nee As Lee Kuan Yew celebrated his 90th birthday last week, one of his legacies – an elitist leadership – was given a few hard jolts. Whether the founding leader had intentionally devised it...
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