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What is it with the government and the setting of arbitrary timelines? In 1984, there was the deadline of achieving the Swiss standard of living by 1999. Whether this was ever achieved remains debatable and there is now no further mention of this "standard" from official channels. Does the government consider this goal achieved?... 

I had an intense meeting today with a group of people who are concerned about the future of Singaporeans. One of the topic which pops up is on the rhetoric of PMETs not gainfully employed, especially after they lost their jobs in their 50s, 40s or even 30s. PAP’s solution to this obvious underemployment situation is, we should... 

PAP has been inflating healthcare cost in order to impress Singaporeans that a bigger subsidy/grant has been given. For example, polyclinic consultation fee was increased to $44.20 last year and with the fixed ‘payable amount’ for adults at $12.50, patients receive a subsidy of $31.70/72%. However, according to MOH’s...