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Dear Mr Mah, I refer to the 4 Mar 2011 Straits Times report "Homing in on what matters most to S'poreans". You reportedly joked about us being hit by doubt-digit inflation. According to the HDB resale price index: Year Quarter Index Year to year increase 2010 IV 172 14.1% 2009 IV 150.8 8.2% 2008 IV 139.4 14.5% 2007 IV 121.7 17.5% 2006 IV 103.6   We... 

Voting has been compulsory in Singapore since 1959[21] and there is universal suffrage. The legal voting age is 21. The Elections Department of Singapore is responsible for the planning, preparation and conduct of presidential and parliamentary elections and of any national referendum in Singapore. It is a department under the... 

With the ongoing saga of the “hard truths”, it seems the PAP government is going into damage control mode as the elections are drawing near. The recent “promotional advertisement” of using 3.6 million to promote the Malay language seems odd as the Malay language as all along been around in Singapore for ages, unless...