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Why be a busybody when we are lacking in social welfare

It is disturbing to know that our gov spent $20 million of public money arranging logistical and security arrangements for Trump-Kim summit. The US Treasury Department has sanctions that prevent tax payers money to be used on ‘hostile’ nations or any regimes they deemed to violate Human Rights. In this case, North Korea. In...

Why no more statistics on how many were able to meet the CPF Full Retirement Sum at age 55?

I refer to the article “MOF press secretary lied about our failed CPF scheme” (likedatosocanmeh, Jun 16, 2018). It states that “In “Plain speech also about telling the hard truth“, MOF press secretary Lim Yuin Chien must have thought Singaporeans are dumbasses when he anyhow claimed that “the Central Provident...

Are we in a sense ‘jumping the gun’ by saying that the policies are ‘sound’ and only need two ‘improvements’, when the inquiry panel will only complete its work in a few more months?

I refer to the article “SAF can improve heat injury prevention: Panel” (Straits Times, Jun 21). It states that “revealed on Tuesday that an external review panel flagged two areas for improvement – though he declined to elaborate further. However, he added that the panel found the SAF’s heat injury policies sound...