Singapore Democrats propose alternative education policy
Singapore’s educational system has always been geared towards producing talent for a particular industry the government considers important at that material time. Today it may be the computer industry, tomorrow life sciences. In 2001, the education minister related that this was because the government had to prepare Singaporeans...
Slow start for the poor?
In Parliament last week, PAP Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam claimed that there is still social mobility in Singapore, even if it may not be as fast as before. According to him, half of the pupils from families in the bottom third of the social-economic strata end up with PSLE scores that put them in the top two-thirds...
Should we be grateful for the scrapping of the TV licence?
The Government announced in its Budget the radio and TV licence (RTV) fees will henceforth be abolished. This means that Singaporeans will no longer have to pay $110 a year for the TV licence and $27 for a radio licence. In his announcement, Minister for Finance Mr Thraman Shanmugaratnam said that the requirement for a TV licence...
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