TR EMERITUS

As always, it's been a pleasure reading your articles and posts, in addition to appreciating the numerous sacrifices you all have made towards the democratic struggle against autocracy and elitism in our Country, just as the various political leaders like Mr Lim Tean whose post speak right to the heart of the average Singaporean. However,... 

Why are the labour statistics non-transparent? I refer to the article “Unemployment, retrenchments up slightly in Q2 2018: Manpower Ministry” (Straits Times, Jul 27). It states that “Overall, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate went up to 2.1 per cent, from 2 per cent in the last quarter from April to June. For Singaporeans,... 

I refer to the 2 full-page colour advertisements by Temasek in the Sunday Times of 29 July. One of the charts indicate that the Net Investment Return Contribution (NIRC) from MAS, GIC and Temasek was about $15.9, $14.1 and $14.4 billion in 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Since there is no breakdown – let us assume that...