
Security firms profiting at expense of security guards
A security guard working in SG (Photo for illustration) I am appalled to learn about how security guards are treated disrespectfully at their workplaces ("Just smile, don't talk"; last Sunday). Why are security guards not getting the respect they deserve? The work is considered demeaning because of the meagre pay, long hours,...

TRE didn’t cherry pick HDB examples to show unaffordability
HDB flats tre's cherry pick: How many graduates were there in 1970? 1%? Or 20%? The majority of the people in 1970 are not graduates. The typical average affordability ratio is much less than what TRE depicts in this example. This example is an outlier. Instead of looking at the typical, at the average, at the most common, TRE...

The effective tax in Singapore is much higher!
"Very few governments are actively engaged in profit maximization of land sales." I would argue that the effective tax in Singapore is much higher. The Sg Government is very smart in making sure that the “standard tax”, i.e. taxes that are found in most other countries, i.e. income tax and GST, are kept low. But we have...
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