200,000 Sinkies overseas
I heard this number being thrown around at the Hong Lim Rally? What is this 200,000 number about? 200,000 Sinkies, adults and children, working adults, those emigrated, what about Sinkie students overseas? It is still a substantial number of sinkies relative to a core of now 3.3m citizens or about 6% of us. I was thinking of...
A ‘Robin Hood’ budget
‘Robin Hood’ budget allows government to regain ground lost recently due to unpopular policies that had been poorly implemented. BUDGET times are not occasions when the thrifty government here would likely score a lot of brownie points among its citizens. In fact, Singaporeans are often more worried about being made to pay...
Sg_Boleh: S’pore will become a slum within a decade
Slum in Manila My article on ‘Hire FTs because their skills unavailable in SG, not better’ has been re-posted in TRE and has drawn a comment by a netizen: ‘Sg_Boleh: if we implement redbean’s recommendation, Singapore will become a slum within a decade.’ I am wondering if he is a foreigner incognito or a child that...
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