Editorials

A 49 year old man have been using fake documents, including NUS Degree, to get employment in 38 different companies over a 4 year period. His ruse finally came to light when one potential employer bothered to check his credentials with NUS, and they found out that his name was never in NUS records.

But this proposal is not new. In fact, Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) had put forth this thinking that streaming puts unfair labeling on school children since 1994. In their manifesto Dare To Change: An Alternative Vision for Singapore, Chee Soon Juan already wrote that a major problem of streaming is something called labeling. SDP have been actively championing the cause for removing of streaming. Now, 25 years later, PAP have finally followed the SDP's lead, and announced the removing of streaming, although it won't happen till another five years.

Police investigating Jolovan Wham for a photo of him holding a pice of A4 paper with the words "Drop the charges against Terry Xu and Daniel De Costa". He posed for the photo outside the State Court. Just because he is Jolovan Wham, any acts done by him is construed as an act against the Singapore Government.

Mahathir says rich Singapore bullying poor Malaysia over the water deal. Vivian Balakrishnan blasted back Mahathir's statements were just red herring,done to arouse Malaysians and to increase his popularity amongst them. But no news on why the government keeps bullying Singaporeans on their CPF money, as this one is no red herring.

Do you think the ComCare assistance is helping Singaporeans "tide over a difficult phase"?

Do you think our healthcare funding will improve with the increase in healthcare spending next time?

Do you think it is fair for MOE to expand its reach in the pre-school sector? Are private pre-schools disadvantaged? What kind of message are we sending to those in the private sector?

Do you think Singaporeans will be charged train fares despite having to take shuttle bus services following the shorter operation hours along the EWL? Is this fair?

Why are there so many stories of Singaporeans struggling with finances? Do you think there are enough financial assistance schemes to help everyone?

Are elitist policies the root cause of the decline of our total fertility rate?