
Unreasonable to expect PRs and new citizens to do NS
COL Mike Tan, Commander of SAFVC The writer missed the important point. The (SAFVC) scheme is meant to narrow the gap of S'porean men need to do 2 yrs ns while S'porean women, first generation pr and new citizens need not do ns. It is meant to reduce the unfairness feeling of S'porean men, not to displaced it totally because...

Bureaucracy and democracy don’t mix well
Confrontation before the event "#Return our CPF" protest on 27 Sep 2014 and the subsequent trail of events amplify the occasional slip-ups bureaucracy is capable of making. This is a typical case where the bureaucracy inadvertently puts the government in a bad spot. The impression given ultimately is that the CPF Protest group,...

LTA’s roadside CCTV: Yet another money grab?
As everyone knows, LTA's core value is greed. This drives it to pursue every dollar regardless of the financial hardship it causes and to dream up all sorts of schemes to willy-nilly generate revenue. For instance, its VEP and toll hikes have already sparked an immediate rise in the cost of living and causing tremendous financial...
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