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I refer to the article “Parliament: Political office holders received average performance bonus of 4 months’ salary in last 5 years” [LINK] (Straits Times, Sep 10). It states that: Political office holders of all grades received an average annual performance bonus of around four months’ salary in the last five years,... 

I refer to the articles “Why HDB flat dwellers have the best of both worlds” and “HDB resale market to stabilise with more clarity on older flats” (Sunday Times, Sep 9). My friends said “aiyah, the 2 titles are so obvious – propaganda lah! Heh, are our media paid as much as our Ministers?” I understand that our... 

Some suggestions for mitigating what is arguably, the mother of Singaporeans’ problems – their HDB flat which may start declining in value after 40 years to zero at end of the typical 99-year lease: … remove the restrictions on the use of CPF and housing loans on older flats, introduced a few years ago This may allow market...