Beggaring neighbour does not make me rich
Member of Parliament (MP) Hri Kumar Nair’s suggestion about a National Defence Duty on foreigners and Permanent Residents (PRs) makes perfect sense — if you see the world through the lens of rational economic theory and you think of people as homo economicus. Male Singaporeans suffer a disadvantage because of National Service...
Not as bad as Mr Khaw makes it out to be
I refer to the 7 Feb 2013 Straits Times report on Mr Khaw’s recent parliament comments [1]. Mr Khaw said that Workers’ Party’s alternative road map will badly affect his housing plan to deliver 200,000 new homes in the next four years. During the period 1996 to 2000, 157,919 new homes were built [2]. The average number...
The Population White Paper Conundrum
Never in the recent history of Singapore has there been such massive protests by Singaporeans against an ill-conceived Government measure as the White Paper on Population. Right from the start when the White Paper was introduced, there were unmistakeably ominous signs that the Government would find the passage very rough if...
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