How to stop condemnation of Singapore’s absurdly high ministerial salaries and win votes for the PAP
The late Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first prime minister, was grievously flawed in his reasoning and arithmetic when he pegged his and his PAP ministers’ salaries to the earnings of our island republic’s top ten businessmen, professionals and corporate leaders. Firstly, none - at best only one - of his ministers had ever...
Tackle sour mood on the ground: ST editor to government
“There seems to be a certain sourness on the ground, with more grumbling than usual about issues especially to do with the government,” says the Straits Times editor-at-large, Han Fook Kwang, in The Sunday Times. Mr Han calls on the government, especially the 4th generation leadership, to “rise to the occasion” and “tackle...
From Pioneer to Merdeka to potentially Majullah Generation Package: The floodgates are opened and who bears the burden?
The more cynical say it is an exercise in vote buying. The more pragmatic-minded say it is high time for a Merdeka Generation Package, in the wake of the Pioneer Generation Package. Those born in the 1960s – let’s call them the Majullah Generation – say they also deserve a package. In their fifties now, they are particularly...
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