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Do you think the Singapore model is relevant today despite our economic success? Are we becoming increasingly "elitist" at the expense of raising prices of good and services?

I asked the librarian what happened to the old system, whereby you top up your prepaid account and any unused time will be carried forward. She told me that the library had discontinued the prepaid account since March, and that I would have to use another terminal to request for a refund of the unused amount to my bank account. If the above is what we call moving forward to become a smart nation – I think we are really in trouble!

Our reader questioned what's the point of claiming to 'invest in people' in the logistics sector when the salary remains low. What do you think?

Workers' Party's Leon Perera spoke up about the restrictions to asking more questions in Parliament due to limited quota. He listed questions on transport, finance, parliamentary videos, etc that have not been answered since April.

The MOM has confirmed that the Singaporean man who died at a Kranji worksite on Sunday was electrocuted. The man was said to be disconnecting an existing electrical cable at an overground box when the incident occurred.

Chinese national and former engineer Gu Wei Wei, 29 was jailed for 6 weeks after admitting to two counts of taking an upskirt video for a woman at a Cold Storage supermarket at Kovan Heartland Mall in April. Gu, a Singapore PR, had placed his iPhone in a plastic bag and slit a horizontal opening at the side of it. He positioned the camera upwards, leaning it against the opening and set it to video recording mode.

A loyal Deliveroo rider complained that they are terminated for funny reasons and forced to have their equipment returned.

A Singaporean man has died of his injuries sustained in a worksite incident at Kranji Loop on Sunday. According to reports, the man, who was a subcontractor from James Contractor, was working at a SP Group worksite, and was injured while carrying out cable jointing works.

A netizen is seeking help for her neighbours whose flat caught fire last week. They did not suffer injuries but their house was completely destroyed. 2 of their cats died.

A baker recalled an encounter with a customer who refused to buy a 50 cents 'Happy Birthday' topper despite paying a lot for the cake. She was glad she stood up for herself and forced the guy to pay up in the end.