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Why Petrol Prices Remain Stable Despite Crude Oil Price Declines
Following up on the last article on petrol prices, lets us look at the direct impact of almost 30% tax (Excise Tax+ GST imposed) on high cost of doing business/ transportation cost thus resulting in...
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Tentative but no Fundamental Change in Singapore
On the usual measures of economic prosperity, Singapore went from strength to macroeconomic strength in 2014. Real economic growth was between 2.5 and 3.5 per cent for the year. The world economy was...
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Lam Pin Min is Confirmation the PAP is Deaf and Does Not Care
Our Kate Spade MP is no longer the only liability to her party and it looks like she has very good company.Just when we thought the PAP could do no worse after public opinion of MPs Intan, Alvin and...
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“I’m Charlie” vs “We’re PAP”
TRE’s regular commentator, @BK, made a prescient observation, “’Je suis Charlie’. As Paris and the developed world gathered to defy the murder of cartoonists and reaffirming the Freedom of Speech and...
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Chan Chun Sing has No Right to Call Dr Chee a Nobody
Background Story: Chan Chin Sing: Chee Soon Juan is a NobodyPAP minister Chan Chun Sing has written to the Huffingpost in response to its publication of two articles penned by Dr Chee Soon Juan.In his...
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Marine Parade Polyclinic Sees Consequences of Pioneer ‘Benefits’
My friend (a retiree but not a pioneer) who has diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol (Yup, he lived off the hog) told me of a recent visit (I’ve had to do a lot of editing, even if I...
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Over 7,700 Workers Laid Off in the First Three Quarters of 2014
The labour movement, citing figures from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), said that there were a total of 7,710 workers who were laid off in the first three quarters of last year, with 2,212 of them...
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Now have New Wayang - Unionised Workers' Wage Statistics?
Unionised workers’ wages increased 4.1%According to the Straits Times news article “NTUC warns wages will stagnate if firms do not become more productive” (Jan 16) – “Wages of workers in unionised...
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When Oil Runs Out in 40 Years....
This is what the experts said. The mineral oil reserves inside mother earth will run out in 40 years. When it happens, it will, you cannot run away from this date, anything that needs energy will kaput...
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Without Freedom There Is No Free Trade
Trade agreements are often promoted as a means to keep prices down and employment up. The matter, as one might expect, is not so straightforward especially when political freedom is not part of the...
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Let’s Learn from Zurich’s Family-Friendly Public Transport
I refer to the letter “Public buses are not child-friendly” (Jan 13). It is true that our public transport falls short of what exists in some countries.Take, for example, Zurich.All its trams have...
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Debate on S’pore History Obstructed by Govt’s Unproductive Behaviour
Recent remarks from government ministers to the various alternative accounts of our history is disheartening, to say the least. If this is how the debate on our beginnings is going to proceed, I am...
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Roy: LHL is Not Entitled to Sue Me as PM of Singapore or GIC Chairman
(1) I have made an application to set aside the summary judgment for my defamation case. Mr Lee Hsien Loong has sued me for defamation but he is “not entitled as the Prime Minister of Singapore and...
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Huffing And Puffing At The Post
ad hominemad ˈhɒmɪnɛm/adverb & adjective1. (of an argument or reaction) directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining."an ad hominem response"2. relating to or associated...
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Poly Starting Pay Dropped 11%, but Media Say "Remained Good"?
Negative real starting salary againAccording to the Straits Times news report “Job prospects and salaries remained good for poly grads last year” (Jan 15) – “The median monthly salary was $2,000,...
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Poly Real Starting Pay Decreased 11.7% Last 6 Years?
48 more career guidance counsellorsAccording to the Channel NewsAsia news report “Each polytechnic, ITE to get 6 full-time career guidance counsellors” (Jan 8) – “All polytechnics and Institutes of...
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Return our CASH Not Just our CPF
It seems that everyone is talking about CPF now.What about the roof over our head?If you had taken a mortgage loan to finance the purchase of your existing flat and have not settled the mortgage loan...
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Passengers with Children Should Adapt to Transport System, not Vice Versa
I refer to the letters “Let’s learn from Zurich’s family-friendly public transport” (Jan 16) and “Public buses are not child-friendly” (Jan 13).Much as it is ideal to be always able to accommodate all...
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PAP’s "Top Ten" Policies 2014 – Some Questions
There never has been a PAP ‘Top Ten Policy’ list – ever – in its history. So, why Top Ten? Why now?It reminds one of David Letterman’s Top Ten List, a regular segment in his Late Show. If that was...
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$400,000 Renovation of Bukit Batok Canal to Create New Community Area
Residents at Bukit Batok will have a new community area by early 2016 as a 230m stretch of Bukit Batok Canal will be redeveloped to accommodate benches, pathways and gardens.The Dr Amy Khor, the MP of...
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