Gas tariffs next up for price hike
Did not take long for another price increase. For the month of May 1 to July 31, gas tariffs will increase by 2.4%. Gas tariffs are for households who uses the City Gas. The hike was due to a 9.2 per cent increase in fuel costs compared with the previous quarter, which was announced to justify the price increase. Will 2017 be...
$300 average monthly assistance per family from ComCare? Is that enough?
I refer to the article “Petition to Ministry of Social and Family Development to waive ‘Pay-as you-use’ for seniors in rental flats” (theonlinecitizen, Apr 25). It states that “Local volunteer group, Happy People Helping People Foundation (HPHPF) has created a petition – “Waive ‘Pay-as you-use’ charges for...
Should penalties for crime reflect public opinion?
It is indeed emotionally satisfying to know that the couple who bullied the elderly man at Toa Payoh has been arrested, but I think it is a wrongful use of state power. While we can all agree it is morally wrong for the couple to bully the old man, I think we can all agree that nothing legally wrong has been done. The country’s...
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