PUB: $1.1b profits last 7 years – how much last 53 years?
With reference to my article “Water price: Have costs, but no revenue?” (Feb 24) – Terry Xu, the editor of theonlinecitizen had talked to me…
Water price: Have costs, but no revenue?
Cost of supplying water has more than doubled I refer to the article “Cost of supplying water has more than doubled: PUB” (Straits Times, Feb…
SkillsFuture Credit false claims – even less people went for training?
4,400 caught submitting false SkillsFuture claims I refer to the article “4,400 caught in January submitting false SkillsFuture claims amounting to $2.2m” (Straits Times, Feb…
Graduates real starting pay decreased 2% last 9 years?
Higher salaries for university graduates I refer to the article “Higher salaries for university graduates from NUS, NTU and SMU in 2016” (Straits Times, Feb…
Budget: Up to 41% increase in water prices?
The Budget was delivered in Parliament on 20 February. The Government continues its fiscal policies of not spending any money on healthcare, CPF or HDB…
Budget: $5.2b or $8.8b surplus? Unemployment: 2.1 or 4.5%
$5.2b Budget surplus From the Straits Times report – “Mr Heng said he expects a budget surplus of $5.2 billion for FY2016, or 1.3 per…
Budget: Increase S & CC rebate by half a month, but increase by up to 20%?
Increase in S & CC rebates I refer to the report “Singapore Budget 2017: One-off GST voucher of up to $200 for 1.3 million Singaporeans,…
Budget: Price increase (na), cost increase (na), but rebates ($71m)?
Budget speech I refer to the Budget speech that was delivered in Parliament on 20 February. According to the Straits Times report “Singapore Budget 2017:…
Why did it take 15 years to get revelationary ElderShield statistics?
$2.6b in premiums, $100m in claims I refer to the article “Gan Kim Yong: $2.6 billion collected in premiums for ElderShield insurance and around $100…
Gini: Govt transfers – helps to pay less of ever increasing prices?
Income inequality lowest in a decade I refer to the article “Income inequality in Singapore lowest in a decade, monthly household income grows but at…