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Blogger Roy Ngerng finishes paying PM Lee $150,000 for defamation using crowdfunding
In 2016, the High Court found that Roy Ngerng had defamed PM Lee in a 2014 blog post.PHOTO: ST FILE
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Notes from central Taiwan: Taiwan: Island of bosses
Want to understand why Taiwan’s birth rate is not going to improve? Look at the big bosses who keep wages down, drive housing prices up and demand that their taxes remain low
By Michael Turton / Contributing reporter
The media reported this week on another government stimulus program to make the birth rate rise. Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said that the budget for the government’s programs would reach NT$85 billion (US$3.05 billion) by 2023, and said that the government’s monthly subsidy for child support would rise from NT$3,500 to NT$5,000.
These measures are a well-meaning attempt to address Taiwan’s globally low fertility and birth rates, but they are rather like poking a heart attack victim with a stick in the hope of reviving him.
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Singapore’s Ranking Drops To 160 On World Press Freedom Index
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has recently ranked Singapore’s press freedom 160 out of 180 in the 2021 World Press Freedom Index.
RSF is a non-profit organisation that states their mission is to preserve the freedom of information around the world, as well as to protect journalists.
This may come as a surprise to you – or not – but the irony here is that news about our ranking was notably absent on our mainstream media.
ST published an article regarding the 2021 press freedom index, but omitted any mention of Singapore. Meanwhile, Channel NewsAsia and TODAY chose not report on the 2021 World Press Freedom ranking at all.