We don't want to send wrong signal to our precious foreign investors and talents

Although the rise in the levy is graduated over three years, there is concern expressed by some business leaders that this may impede the ability of companies to leverage upon and capture the opportunities of the recovery, as their capacity will be impacted.

And if the increase is not calibrated, it may send the wrong signal to companies looking to invest in Singapore or to foreign talent that Singapore is not as open as it used to be.

-- Jessica Tan, East Coast GRC

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Can't afford HDB flats? You deserve it if you're poor

We don't want local workers who are old, we want young foreign workers

I know of one family who complain the cleaners in their precinct are lazy and too old. They don't want local workers who are old, they want young foreign workers. To satisfy the demand, i changed the local workers to foreign workers. Foreign workers are not a burden to us. Their presence here is not negative. Without foreign workers, things will be worse.

-- Ong Ah Heng (Nee Soon Central)

Nevermind about feeding the poor, start a food museum first

Singapore should consider setting up a food museum, as part of national effort to preserve its rich cultural heritage. Food is an important part of our rich cultural heritage - one which has been and will always been an attraction to locals and foreigners alike. The history of our food variety will highlight our links to the world.

-- Baey Yam Keng (Tanjong Pagar GRC)

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PAP now says hiding behind pseudonyms to post online is ok?

Billions of dollars is invested in Singapore annually so we can't be ranked so low on press freedom

Law Minister K. Shanmugam said rankings that place Singapore lowly on press freedom "struck him as quite absurd and divorced from reality".

"Our approach on press reporting is simple: The press can criticize us, our policies. We do not seek to condemn that.

But we demand the right of response, to be published in the journal that published the original article. We do not accept that they can decide whether to publish our response."

-- K. Shanmugam, Law Minister

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The thin line between education and propaganda

If the new immigrants are happy with a 30 minutes late bus, what's Singaporeans' problem?

It will be sad if people vented their frustrations on other new Singaporeans who are here to find a better life. As a politician, I can stand the heat. When you ask Singaporean residents for feedback, they will complain that they have to wait more than 15 minutes for the bus. But when you ask new immigrants, they are happy that the bus comes in under 30 minutes.

-- Charles Chong, Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC MP

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PAP MP Charles Chong hides behind K. Shanmugam’s pants

It's not that civil servants are inflexible, but the people are more demanding

MP Mr Teo Ser Luck said he has gotten feedback that there are bureaucratic people in his two ministries.

"And with so many civil servants around, it is inevitable that there will be some people who are less flexible. Also, as society's standards get higher and education levels improve, the people will demand more of government departments."

-- Teo Ser Luck, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports

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Call on YPAP Teo Ser Luck and Zaqy Mohamad to apologize to netizens over the”Eric How” fiasco

Foolish to advocate the learning of dialects

To keep a language alive, it has to be used regularly. Using one language more frequently means less time for other languages. Hence, the more languages a person learns, the greater the difficulties of retaining them at a high level of fluency.

This is why we have discouraged the use of dialects. It interferes with the learning of Mandarin and English.

-- Chee Hong Tat, Principal Private Secretary to the Minister Mentor