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Remember in school days, that 1 or 2 classmates nodding off at the back of the class room? Suddenly woken with a jolt from the irate teacher … only to ask or say the wrong things? This was what the writer thought when he perused MPs’ responses to Budget 2015. The main theme of the responses were worries over the good ship... 

Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport Josephine Teo was also present. She addressed one participant's suggestion that national servicemen should be paid more. While she noted the importance of giving NSmen recognition, Mrs Teo said service for the country cannot be measured in dollars and cents. One for people... 

PM Lee By now most know the thick and fast blowback on NMP Chia Yong Yong’s Parliamentary speech that CPF savings should not be viewed entirely as belonging to CPF members. However, the writer suggests it is less a legal position taken by the NMP but much more the wrong way to press a point: the responsibility of spending...