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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...

Why is Singapore’s public healthcare spending as a percentage of GDP so low?

I refer to the article “May to unveil £20bn a year boost to NHS spending” (The Guardian, Jun 16). It states that “Taxpayers are to be asked to help fund a £20bn a year injection of extra cash into the National Health Service by 2023-24 that will pay for thousands more doctors and nurses, while cutting cancer deaths...