TR EMERITUS

  Phillip Ang * The author blogs at LikeDatOsoCanMeh.      Read More →

It is wasteful to create a retail electricity market. The consumers are asked to select the retailer and to decide on a fixed or floating tariff plan and also the duration of the plan. On expiry of the plan, the consumers are asked to renew the plan or to choose another retailer. The retailers have to keep their records of the... 

I made a trip to Hong Kong and Malaysia recently and it is immediately obvious that we are overpriced in many things - a brand new smartphone can cost more than 35% less in Hong Kong while most of the things in Malaysia are at least 30% to 50% cheaper than Singapore. In fact, the very same item in Ikea JB can cost 33% less than...