Should compassion give way to monetary considerations?
Money can solve many problems. We thought we have solved our corruption problem with money. We can easily solve traffic congestion with money. A $6 pass through an ERP gate is going to deter many drivers. A $10 pass will deter even more. A $50 pass will make it very convenient for those who can afford it to use the road as their...
New licensing framework for online news sites
[Article first appeared in http://geraldgiam.sg on 23/7/13] NCMP Gerald Giam On 8 July 2013, Parliament debated the Government’s new licensing framework for online news websites. These are the questions I asked the Minister for Communications and Information and his responses. —————– Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked...
Govt’s handling of recent cases erodes trust in public institutions
Besides the obvious campaign against the online community which the government (and the government mouthpiece, the mainstream media) is engaged in, there are several pressing matters which seem to have been given little attention by the authorities, the media and the public these last few weeks. In the same period, we heard...
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