All posts tagged "money"
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4.3KCow Beh Cow BuTray Return Initiative: Has the Public Been Played for Fools In the Name of Greed?
ELSON: It never sounded right, right from the start. I’m talking about the tray return initiative. First off, why would the government...
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SDP Renews 2011 Call to Slash Ministers’ Salaries While The PAP and WP Agree on Million-Dollar Wages
With the PAP and Workers’ Party reaffirming their belief that ministers’ in Singapore should be paid million-dollar salaries, the Singapore Democrats has...
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SingHealth Actively Pursued Medical Tourists Despite Severe Bed Crunch
Medical tourism should not come at the expense of Singapore citizens. Unfortunately, it seems that SingHealth didn’t get the message. Despite acute...
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Workers’ Party Agrees to Million-Dollar Salaries for Ministers
The Workers’ Party has agreed that ministers should be paid the million-dollar salaries they are currently drawing. When pressed by Deputy Prime...
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Research Shows 70% of Singaporeans Believe Ministers are Overpaid
A poll by Blackbox Research shows that nearly 7 in 10 Singaporeans believe ministers are paid too much. 70 percent also feel...
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ComfortDelGro “Punishes” Taxi Drivers with New Levy System for Refusing to take Bookings
ComfortDelGro taxi drivers have been slapped with a new levy structure to encourage them to accept bookings. In a letter to taxi...
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GDP Slumps but Political Office Holders Receive Top-Notch 4 Months Performance Bonuses
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong revealed in parliament today that the political office holders received an average of 4.4 months performance bonus...
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14 Percent of Full-Time National Servicemen Go AWOL because of Financial Hardships
14 percent of full-time national servicemen (NSFs), or 28 NSFs, were convicted for being absent without leave (AWOL) due to financial difficulties...
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Prices in Singapore Rise at the Fastest Pace in the Last 4 Years, MAS and MTI Brace for Inflation
Singapore’s Consumer Price Index, which measures purchasing power and inflation rate, rose at the fastest pace in the last 4 years in...
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Inderjit “Maverick” Singh: Government Leaders Lack Political Acumen
Businessman and former PAP MP, Inderjit Singh, has criticised government leaders for lacking acumen, citing the implementation of CareShield Life and parking...
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LETTERS: Is CareShield Life Another Way to Take More of Your CPF Money, Even On Your Deathbed?
GOH YIXUAN: I refer to your article: “Severely Disabled Seniors Denied Payouts: Doubts Cast on Intentions of ElderShield and CareShield Life Schemes”....
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Severely Disabled Seniors Denied Payouts: Doubts Cast on Intentions of ElderShield and CareShield Life Schemes
Doubts have been cast over the intentions of ElderShield and its upcoming replacement, the compulsory CareShield Life scheme, as a disability insurance...
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CareShield Life: Mixed Information, Dodgy Benefits, and the Perceived Foolishness of Singaporeans
ELSON: Health Minister Gan Kim Yong made 2 points in parliament yesterday – one, that you shouldn’t be surprised by the “1...
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Government to Earn Up to S$10Mil a Year from Teachers’ Parking but Only S$32,000 from MPs
The government will collect between S$8 million to S$10 million a year from parking fees imposed on teachers for parking in school...
