The story of Jane Yumiko Ittogi as told by Tharman Shanmugaratnam warms many hearts

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Who is Jane Yumiko Ittogi? Former Senior Minister and presidential hopeful Tharman Shanmugaratnam shares a part of their life story in a Facebook post. Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam and his wife, Jane Yumiko Ittogi He wrote: “Whenever my wife Jane was with me when I was still in Jurong, people would speak with her in Teochew, […]

Lee Kuan Yew: We have to keep our house clean. No one else will do it for us.

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No political system in any country is immune from corruption. Can Singapore always remain clean? In 2005, at the Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute’s World Ethics and Integrity Forum, Mr Lee Kuan Yew said that corruption is incipient in every society. It eats into any system, regardless of the philosophy or ideology. Corruption must be continuously […]

WP Louis Chua is queried on his opposing positions on housing affordability

wp louis chua is queried on his opposing positions on housing affordability

Recently, it emerged that WP MP Louis Chua’s professional position on public housing differs from his party position. The WP MP has consistently maintained his party’s position that public housing is unaffordable. Yet, in his capacity as a research analyst, he wrote that housing affordability remained healthy. In an exchange in Parliament on Wednesday (Apr […]

Does a single poverty line help you to identify who are the poor who really need help?

does a single poverty line help you to identify who are the poor who really need help

The Workers’ Party Jamus Lim renewed his party call for an official poverty line. He called for the establishment of a committee of government representatives, civil society leaders and academic experts to decide what the poverty line should be, and for all government assistance and policies to then be pegged to this threshold. Back in […]