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Although disguised as a pension fund, the CPF was simply a source of cheap funds to the government to boost ‘their’ successful policies at the expense of the average man’s retirement. Singapore has an overall low wage environment (i.e. a quarter earned less than $1,500 and almost 40% earned less than $2,000. The Investment... 

I refer to the article “Tackling Singapore’s baby shortage” (Sunday Times, Feb 14). It states that “33,793 Singaporean babies were born during last year’s Golden Jubilee, the highest number in 13 years”. About 40,000 citizen births a year about 20 years ago? The number of citizen births used to be much higher –... 

I refer to the article “Technology posts among hardest to fill last year: MOM” (Straits Times, Feb 10). 67% of IT job vacancies could not be filled by locals? It states that “About two-thirds of the openings for software, Web and multimedia developers could not be filled by Singaporeans or permanent residents. Consequently,...