As the Government spends more in areas such as healthcare, it also needs more revenue, said Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam at a dialogue with residents on Sunday (March 5). “Money is not going to come from the…
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The survey also showed that households living in one-room and two-room HDB flats received more government transfers than those in larger flats or landed property. On average, resident households in one-room and two-room HDB flats received $9,806 per household member…
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In a rare split decision, the Court of Appeal ruled, 2-1, that the Government cannot invoke an anti-harassment law that allows persons to stop the publication of false statements against them. Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon was the sole dissenting judge,…
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Terrorism and radicalisation will be an inescapable part of our lives from here on, and the main threats for 2017 and beyond should be divided into two parts. The first is the foreign fighter blowback. With the so-called Islamic State…
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YANGON • Myanmar’s government yesterday said it has detained several police officers over a video apparently showing Rohingya civilians being beaten, a rare admission that the authorities may have carried out abuses against the Muslim minority. Tens of thousands of…
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