Month: May 2008
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Subsidies cannot solve problems: MM Lee
“I read the newspapers and the simplest thing is to write and say, subsidise. Rice, oil, bus fares, even putting seat belts on school buses. That is the surest way to go downhill”, says MM Lee about S’poreans asking the government for more subsidies to deal with inflation.
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Co-editor of the TOC, Mr Choo Zheng Xi, urged the Government to join the debate in not just the mainstream media but also in the new media. He pushed his point by saying: “Don’t just speak to the converted.” By taking a more all-embracing approach, he said, the Government will be able to reach a far wider audience.
From TODAY
