Excess Deaths in Singapore
I applaud ST journalist's effort in pursuing this issue of Excess Deaths in Singapore (which is one of the highest rate in the world). After reading the report from ST, the following is my comment: Age standardized death rate may not be relevant to Singapore to explain away this issue of High Excess Deaths. In Singapore's context,...
Throwing out the baby with the bath water
Mr Shanmugam says Singapore has laws and policies to prevent riots like those seen in the UK recently because Singapore takes a very stringent approach concerning freedom of expression by giving priority to maintaining law and order. (ST, 17/8/24) He was referring to the riots that erupted, in no small measure, because social...
Let dead dogs lie
Alas, Pritam should have let dead dogs lie. I am surprised that he is making a bid to have his case heard in the high court. His reason? His case is similar to Iswaran’s. After hearing his lawyer’s submission yesterday, Judge Hoo will give her decision on Sept 9. I would think this is a relatively straightforward case. Did...
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