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Singapore: Butterfly or frog?
Singaporeans seem to have grown unhappier over the years, but as individuals and as a society, we can count our blessings and decide which path to take.By Kishore Mahbubani, Published The Straits...
View ArticleMalay Singaporeans poised for next level
Solid middle class has formed which will push kids to do even better, says ministerBy Rachel Chang, The Sunday Times, 10 Mar 2013Amid worry that social mobility is slowing for Malay Singaporeans, Law...
View Article$100,000 COEs?
Car ownership scheme should be better managedNo policy should result in arbitrary price movements with no relation to economyBy Han Fook Kwang, The Sunday Times, 10 Mar 2013When I renewed the...
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Hooked on Internet and in trouble at school
More young people staying up late online, leading to discipline problems: CounsellorsBy Radha Basu, The Sunday Times, 10 Mar 2013Fifteen-year-old Amy was suspended from class for three of the first six...
View ArticleBoth sides wrong about telecommuting
By Bloomberg Editors, Published TODAY, 11 Mar 2013This editorial was produced in an office, so it may be 13 per cent less productive and efficient at its job than if it were written at home. Then...
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Taxing Europe's way out of trouble
The current clamour for higher taxes in Europe may still fail to address its big deficits and rising inequalityBy Jonathan Eyal, The Straits Times, 11 Mar 2013"WE SHALL squeeze the rich until their...
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MediShield change relieves parents with ailing infants
High medical expenses for those born from March 1 are partially coveredBy Salma Khalik, The Straits Times, 11 Mar 2013WHEN he was born this month at just 30 weeks, he was about two months premature and...
View ArticlePrices and service levels will change with restructuring
Minister warns that the impact will be felt by both individuals and companiesBy Tessa Wong, The Straits Times, 11 Mar 2013PRICES will go up and service levels change as the economy goes through...
View ArticleGovt open to extending singles' housing policy to more people
By Dylan Loh, Channel NewsAsia, 10 Mar 2013National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan says the government is open to raising the income ceiling to allow more singles to buy new HDB flats.But this will...
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A ride down memory lane
Stories that build bridges between young and oldBy Priscilla Goy, The Straits Times, 11 Mar 2013Generation gaps, language barriers and racial differences have not posed a problem for retiree Wan Po...
View ArticleFlexibility in extending Medisave use
MR CHAK Kwok Leong ("Medisave: Help seniors with hefty hospital bills"; last Saturday) shared his experience with his hospital bills, and suggested that unemployed seniors should be allowed to use...
View ArticleChildcare centres: Health guidelines in place
THE health and well-being of children in our childcare centres are of paramount concern to us ("Childcare centres: Should sick kids be allowed in?" by Ms Helen Chong Xu Rong; March 1).We have stringent...
View ArticleChecks 'could not have detected NSF's heart defect'
Mindef: Extra test some doctors are calling for wouldn't have found conditionBy Lim Yan Liang, The Straits Times, 12 Mar 2013MINDEF has said that neither its ECG check nor a more expensive test that...
View ArticleMistaken views on population, immigration
By Ng Yew-kwang, Published The Straits Times, 12 Mar 2013THOSE people who have reservations or even strong objections towards immigration and a larger population must know that their negative views are...
View ArticleDrawbacks of Minimum Wage
It hurts those it's supposed to helpI CONCUR with Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam that we should not implement a minimum wage ("'It takes time before gains can be seen'"; last Saturday)....
View ArticleParliament Highlights - 13 Mar 2013
Committee of Supply Debate: MOE, MOT, MSFRelatedBudget 2013Budget 2013: Committee of Supply Debate
View ArticleLaying groundwork for a heart transplant
By Jeremy Lim, Published TODAY, 13 Mar 2013If Health Minister Gan Kim Yong was a cardiac surgeon and the healthcare financing system a patient with heart failure, yesterday’s Committee of Supply budget...
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Controversial nursing home designed to please
Bishan facility addresses concerns of height, safety, distance from blocksBy Priscilla Goy And Cheng Jingjie, The Straits Times, 13 Mar 2013THE design for a controversial new nursing home has been...
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