Tag: Kumaran Pillai
Youth and mid-career unemployment major concerns at alternative labour movement
By Kumaran Pillai
In a forum organised by Transitioning.org, the alternative labour movement platform, eight speakers joined Mr Gilbert Goh in raising labour issues in...
Slash GST to 0%: former presidential candidate demands at Budget 2018 forum
Four civil society players came together yesterday, at a forum organised by The Independent and human rights NGO Maruah, to discuss their beliefs on what...
Old wine in new bottle solutions will not work anymore: Budget 2018 Forum panellists
Four civil society players came together yesterday to discuss their beliefs on what the nation's economic direction should be for the next year, ahead...
Happening today: Alternative Budget Forum 2018
Singapore has zero external debt and our approach to a balanced budget with each term of government is one of the hallmarks of our...
Chan Chun Sing and the language of politics
By Kumaran Pillai
Democracy is a messy process the world over and strangely it can bring less than desirable personalities like President Trump into power....
TMG’s better mouse trap
By Kumaran Pillai
The Middle Ground (TMG), another social-political website in Singapore has announced that it plans on putting its shutters down after making a...
Inundated tracks reveal cracks in our transport system
By Kumaran Pillai
Trains were disrupted for the umpteenth time this year, this time, for rain waters flooding the train tracks between Ang Mo Kio...
Cashless in Singapore
by Kumaran Pillai
Temp staffs run out of cash a week before payday and employers need to advance salary so that they’ll have enough cash...
Train Delays, Commuters Khaw-Beh-Khaw-Boo
By Kumaran Pillai
There was much ado about our transport system that it almost felt like we were watching reality TV yesterday. And it’s not...
$150,000 boost for Chiam See Tong Sports Foundation
The Chiam See Tong Sports Foundation has raised more than $150,000 at its inaugural fund-raising Charity Gala dinner held at the Fort Canning Hotel...