Is MINDEF’s budget properly disclosed?
Not sure if this (edited table below) is proper disclosure by MINDEF. Breakdown on amount spent on NSFs, NSmen, etc are also not published. In fact, political salaries do not tally with the number of political appointment holders for most ministries. (link, see ‘Expenditure estimates by head of expenditure’) The...
Understanding the HDB mess
Current Public Housing Policy in Singapore centres around the Housing and Development Board (HDB). The HDB was set up 1 February 1960 taking over from its colonial predecessor, the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT). Initially it only provided rental units then in 1964 the Home Ownership Scheme was introduced, and they started...
‘Pay as you throw’ idea is a book-smart, dumb-in-practice idea by PAP scholars
I read with interest NEA's new "Pay as you Throw" idea of leveraging on RFID technology to monitor and limit rubbish dump by households. It is an interesting idea and I am afraid that it will only remain that - an interesting idea. This idea may score some success with households that do not mind paying a little more for the...
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