Not bowing down to pressure but listening?
Law Minister Shanmugam Law Minister K Shanmugam said that how society feels about the punishment meted out in criminal cases has to be something the Government must pay heed to, but this does not equate to bowing to public pressure. In his own words, this is what he exactly said - “You enhance the penalty (for a certain law)...
Taxis: Reduce road tax, but up diesel tax?
A friend who is a taxi driver told me that whilst the Budget announced a reduction in the road tax for diesel cars – at the same time it also raised the diesel tax. Does this mean that it helps those taxi drivers who park long hours at say RWS, but tax those who drive high mileage on the road more? First they removed the minimum...
Why merge only neigbourhood junior colleges?
I refer to the recent news about the 8 junior colleges being merged, which will lead to the closure of Jurong JC, Innova JC, Tampines JC and Serangoon JC. In the news, it was mentioned that MOE's rationale for doing this is "Falling birth rate" and "Changes in population demographics across different estates also result in...
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