MRT: The $8.7b question?
I refer to the article”Downtown line costs soar by more than 70%” (Straits Times, Oct 30). 100 times ComCare spending? The estimated costs overrun of…
Transport
Bus drivers: Trying to make sense out of the numbers?
I refer to the article “SMRT bus drivers can return to five-day week – without pay rise” (ST, Sep 29). Wage increase: Back to square…
Increase social spending means more taxes?
I refer to the article “Social spending – where will money come from?” (Straits Times, Sep 4). How much total reserves? It states that “If…
$1.1b to help transport operators: Not a single cent for the disabled?
I refer to the National Day Message. It states that “Singapore must be an inclusive society with a heart. We uphold meritocracy, to motivate everyone…
A statistical analysis of the Editorial “Tharman: Firms have difficulties finding S’porean workers. Really?”
I refer to the Editorial “Tharman: Firms have difficulties finding S’porean workers. Really?” (TR Emeritus, Aug 11). Yearbook of Statistics 2012 Let’s take a look…
Bankrupt owes $370 parking fines: 2 instalments can, 6 cannot?
Bill (not his real name) is a self-employed sole proprietor whose business failed. He was a guarantor for a friend, and was made a bankrupt….
HDB decides which carparks have 10 minutes’ grace?
Straits Times Forum Apr 23, 2012 Measures in place to help season parking motorists enter carparks THE majority of our carparks with the electronic parking…
Electronic parking
Straits Times Forum April 14, 2012 ‘When hourly parking spaces are full, the barrier does not open and results in a traffic jam.’
Time to remove COE for taxis
Straits Times Forum 17 Sep 2011 GIVEN the sky-high prices and shrunken supply of certificates of entitlement (COEs), I would like to suggest that COE…
Videos: Leong Sze Hian at Speakers Corner – Singaporeans 1st Event
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK_0PVUhOz4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZ9J4xsXzg