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(Apr 17) - It was probably too much to hope that the chattering classes would keep their desire to spin the tragedy in Boston in check for long. Filling the air and the Web with copy in the absence of any real information about who is responsible for the bombing at the Boston Marathon places a real burden on those who comment... 

Acting Minister for Manpower Tan Chuan-jin announced on Monday that his Ministry would stand firm on its policy to tighten the intake of foreign workers. It said that, unlike previously, it would not do a U-turn this time - for now (see here). Last year, the SDP pointed out how the Government had done an about-turn on its... 

Had lunch with unionists twice this week to prepare for the May Day Rally. I thank them for sharing their members’ views, and their sense of the challenges of transforming our economy. Govt will continue to do our best for our workers, especially the older ones, lower-income earners and PMEs. We want all Singaporeans to thrive...