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The PAP’s fear machine, chicken games, Bahasa Baku, different sandwiches, and the WP’s two bears.
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Policies and promises: comparing GE 2025 party manifestos
A look at the manifesto offerings of the PAP, PSP, SDP, and WP.
Recurrent affairs
A Universal Minimum Wage for Singapore: an idea whose time has come
With vast social, technological and economic changes afoot, Singapore must slay one of its sacred cows to keep up.
The Singapore Dream fades for the ‘sandwich class’
Some lower-middle-class Singaporeans find themselves adrift in a perfect storm of ageing parents, dependent children, and the rising cost of living.
The unchanging PAP playbook
As the ruling People's Action Party gathered for its biennial conference, it has become clear that its 4G leaders plan to stick to its political playbook, even as the politics of fear becomes increasingly self-defeating.
Affordability in the lion city: is Singapore’s public housing model built to last?
How has Singapore’s public housing model evolved since independence? In analysing the roots of this model and examining the factors contributing to the current public housing crisis, this essay argues that a revision of the original Housing and Development Board programme is vital moving forward.
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