PM Lee’s speech at COP debate: quality of a country’s democracy hinges on people’s values
In Parliament today, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivered a 40-min long speech during the debate on the Committee of Privileges’ report on the Raeesah Khan saga. He talks about integrity as the linchpin of democracy, that the quality of a country’s democracy hinges on its people’s values: what they judge to be right or […]
Why the conduct of the 3 senior leaders of WP matters in meting out penalties to Raeesah Khan
The hearings by the Committee of Privileges were convened to look into Ms Raeesah Khan’s lies and to determine the penalties for her lies. No one imagine – when Raeesah Khan was first referred to the COP – that it would expand into a hearing that included the conduct of the 3 senior leaders of […]
WP’s motion for Gender Equality passed in Parliament with support from the PAP
A motion on gender equality tabled by the Workers’ Party was passed in Parliament on August 3 2021, albeit with an amendment from PAP Vikram Nair. This shows that, contrary to popular claim, an opposition party does not need a sizeable presence to have its motion passed in Parliament. The determining factor is whether it […]
Are there compelling reasons to raise GST?
Our population is ageing rapidly. By 2030, approximately 900,000 citizens or one in four citizens will be aged 65 and older. For sure, healthcare expenditure will go up. Since the last time the GST was raised in 2007, public expenditure has gone up significantly. Between 2007 and 2019, government spending more than doubled from S$33 […]
PM Lee’s CNY message 2022 as the Tiger sets to roar
The year of the Ox comes to an end and soon, we usher in the year of the Tiger Here’s PM Lee CNY 2022 message in full: Tomorrow night, we will gather with our loved ones to send off the Year of the Ox and usher in the Year of the Tiger. Some of us will celebrate […]
PWM for waste management to take effect in July 2023. Wages to grow by 48% over a 6-year period.
Yet another Progressive Wage Model to add to the bag of PWMs. This time, it is the PWM for the Waste Management Industry. The Government has just accepted the recommendation of the Tripartite Cluster for Waste Management. The PWM covers the the Waste Collection and Material Recovery sub-sectors of the Waste Management Industry. 6-year schedule of […]
Graduating not just once. Students must acquire mindset to learn, unlearn and relearn, says Chan Chun Sing
A mindset shift is never easy but it is necessary if we are to keep up with change. In an interview with the Straits Times, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said that the pace of change is so rapid, it will push students to keep updating their knowledge and building new skills. Increasingly, subjects like […]
Are we rich? We should manage our critical Reserves with a founder’s mindset and be careful not to chip it away.
Our Reserves are a critical resource and society, as a whole, must be wise in how we manage this resource so that it is not eaten away over time. The calls to spend more from our reserves is not a new one. Twenty years ago, there were already calls to stop accumulating reserves and to […]
Do not kill the hen (reserves) that lays golden eggs. Fatten it instead, says Goh Chok Tong
Aesop’s fable on “The Goose that lays the golden eggs” tells the story of a farmer whose goose lays one golden egg a day. Wanting to get all the eggs at once, the farmer kills the goose, only to find that he has lost the source of golden eggs. ‘To kill the goose that lays the […]
Focus on surpassing yourself, not on outperforming others, says Chan Chun Sing
Rather than trying to outperform others, the focus for a student should be to do his best to surpass himself, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said. In an enlightening interview with Berita Harian (15 Dec), reported by the Straits Times, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said that Singapore must not have just one narrow yardstick […]