More restrictions, laws and enforcement will be enacted against mobility devices and shared bikes. Their usefulness has become so narrow. And do you know why this is so? Singaporeans are just too immature to handle them. We...
The following had been contributed by Lin Chin Quek, 28, Career Counsellor. I am a career counsellor and it is too often that I have heard these words: “I have XY years experience, surely that is cause for pay rise.” I have...
Below is the full transcript of NMP Professor Thio Li-Ann’s speech in Parliament from 2007. Two camps championing two distinct criminal law philosophies are polarised over whether to retain or repeal s377A which...
The law prevents dismissals on grounds of age any employee who is below 62. However, I get that the sense that many Singaporeans find that piece of law irrelevant to them. If they are in a job, they can be dismissed on a very...
The stress is imaginary, the worry is unnecessary and the criticism is directed at the wrong points. The social contract had done its work and I argue it continues to work. The citizen’s fear is that by the time 70 years has...
Firstly, landed property is the only true freehold. No condo is truly freehold, no matter what it says on PropertyGuru. The confused debate between free vs leasehold is muddled further because the picture on everyone’s mind is...
It was reported today that Temasek’s total holdings today amount to some $308b. It is a healthy number. Well actually to an investor, any number that is bigger than the previous year is a healthy number. Rule number one:...
At first, I was all “wait and see”. Mahathir showed all the signs of a leader who could turn things around. I thought the axing of consumption tax was a good move. Show the electorate that you will fulfil promises but keep...
There’re about one million work-permit holders in Singapore and they are mostly construction workers and domestic helpers. They make-up one-fourth of our labour workforce. Construction workers can earn as little as $800 but...
Malaysia’s newly minted Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng was reported to have handed out some morale boosting talk to a group of Malaysian entrepreneurs, the quote of which made headlines in Singapore. “…why must we lose to...