
A gangster asking for protection money!
There was such a huge outcry when the Media Development Authority (MDA) announced the licensing regulations for news websites that you would think they are shutting down the Internet entirely. But everyone is justifiably worried. The new rules are not only broad-based, they are also vague, arbitrary and potentially limitless....

HDB Studios subsidised… after MDA licensing starts?
Leong Sze Hian I refer to Raymond Ng’s letter “Reveal the actual cost of public housing” (Today, May 25). Formula for HDB subsidies? Mr Ng asked “how the Housing and Development Board (HDB) derives its formula for “subsidies” for each housing type and the profit margins”. Well, I thought that a good starting point...

Foreigners to boost local culture?
I refer to the forum letter written by Sun Xi, entitled “Foster Bicultural Talent in Singapore”, published on 29 May 2013 in Today (http://www.todayonline.com/voices/foster-bicultural-talent-spore). In his opinion piece, the graduate from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, who is a China-born Singapore PR, bemoans...
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