Public transport fares in Singapore to rise by 12 to 13 cents for adults from Dec 26

Not a Singaporean here, the minister said energy rose 21% over the past year? Is it that low? From what I know gasoline is up at least 80% and diesel is at least 2-3x...<br><br>Unless there are some subsidies or calculation methodology that I don&#39;t know of ~~

While they peg their salaries to top earners under the guise of private-sector talent, they simultaneously lack the private-sector accountability where nearly half of executive hires face exit or termination for underperformance—audaciously raising what are already the world&#39;s highest political salaries into multi-million dollar structural benchmarks while ordinary citizens bear the brunt of tax, transport, and utility increases.

While they argue that the nation lacks natural resources, they simultaneously have the audacity to raise what are already the world’s highest political salaries—pushing structural benchmarks into the multi-millions under the justification of inflation, all while citizens bear the brunt of tax, transport, and utility increases.

RON95 to stay at RM1.99 despite soaring global oil prices, says Anwar [Ref: The Star 15 Mar 26]
<br>&quot;With you, for you, for Singapore&quot; Where?
<br>Not only the Malaysia Govt helps their citizens in time of need, but In Malaysia, major surgery is $0 and NO GST, all paid for by the Malaysian Govt.
<br>Malaysia Boleh!

While standard narratives frequently characterize the People&#39;s Action Party (PAP) as an outstanding model of governance, a deeper examination of today&#39;s socio-economic landscape suggests otherwise;
<br>the current policy trajectory appears to be doing more systemic harm to the fabric of the country than good.
<br>Decades of prioritizing top-line economic statistics over domestic well-being have institutionalized an environment where local purchasing power is structurally eroded.
<br>By anchoring national success to aggressive foreign capital absorption and asset price inflation, current governance frameworks have inadvertently accelerated the domestic cost-of-living crisis.
<br>When policies persistently allow commercial rents, housing, and regressive consumption taxes to outpace real wage growth for average citizens, the administrative framework ceases to serve the population effectively.
<br>True governance cannot be measured solely by surface-level metrics or historical prestige; when an economic system systematically prices its own people out of their own home,
<br>it represents a fundamental policy failure that compromises the country&#39;s long-term future.