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1.4KMiddle-Class Singaporeans will be Hardest Hit by Government’s Potential Tax Increase Measures
ELSON: If you’re middle-class, you’re likely to be hit the hardest by the government’s alternatives for raising taxes. When the government says...
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Regulators are Out of Touch with the Ground when it comes to Regulating E-Bikes and E-Scooters
DOUGLAS CHOW: Savvysarus, if I don’t comply, I’ll face a fine of up to $2,000 or a jail term of up to...
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SPP Calls for Independent Inquiry into Persistent “Systematic Failings” of MRT Network
SINGAPORE PEOPLE’S PARTY: With so many disruptions and now, an accident between two trains at Joo Koon Station, the time has come...
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GST Increase? Fine, but Cut Taxes on Basic Necessities
RONALD LEE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has given possibly the clearest hint that the Goods and Service Tax will increase soon...
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SDP: PAP Cannot be Trusted to keep Election Promises on Not Raising Taxes
SINGAPORE DEMOCRATS: During the general elections in 2015, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam denied the SDP’s warnings that the government would raise the GST....
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Back to the Gutter: Chee Hong Tat’s Below-the-Belt Attack on the WP’s Leon Perera in Parliament
ELSON: Let the casting of aspersions continue – for the PAP, unwarranted personal attacks are nothing new. Workers’ Party NCMP Leon Perera...
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Has the Government Forgotten the Meaning of “Excellence” when it Comes to Public Transport?
ELSON: Something just didn’t sound right when Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said in parliament that SMRT CEO Desmond Kuek had “volunteered”...
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SMRT: The Failure of Privatisation of Public Transport
GOH MENG SENG: In Economics study, there is always a debate over the pros and cons of “Privatization” of companies providing public...
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After SMRT’s Humiliating “Worst-Ever” Performances, What Now for CEO Desmond Kuek?
RONALD LEE: He has been given 5 years to effect change, but after 5 years, it seems that SMRT CEO Desmond Kuek...
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SMRT’s Consistent Winning of Top Audit, HR and CEO Awards: Regulatory Bodies Must be Called into Question
HAROLD CHAI: I remember raising this question shortly after the MRT track deaths of 2016 – how has SMRT been consistently winning...
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Sports Hub Disaster: Government Destroys Old National Stadium, Pumps in Money for “NS Square”
ELSON: What a bloody waste of money and a good building that held so many fond memories for Singaporeans. The Sports Hub...
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Falsification of MRT Maintenance Records: Where does the Buck Stop?
RONALD LEE: “In the good old days…” you know this now infamous quote by Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan ends with “hara...
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Chee Soon Juan Gives Scathing Account of Why the PAP’s “Elitist” Leadership is the “Biggest Threat” to Singapore
SDP chief Dr Chee Soon Juan has written a scathing account of why the PAP’s “elitist model” of leadership is the “biggest...
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“Selected” President Will Cost PAP Votes Come the Next General Election
The public votes, and their vote is reliant on perception. Come the next General Election (likely 2020), the PAP will likely drop...
