How Ill-Defined Laws Are Used to Shut Down Criticism of the Government
Yesterday State Media mouthpiece Today published a report about a video that went viral showing a man arguing at Bishan […]
When the Government and its Ministers and Wives Are in Business, Business Comes First Not Consumers
State-owned ( but actually Ho Ching-controlled) CNA reported yesterday on a new Bill (the Point-to-Point (P2P) Passenger Transport Industry Bill) […]
Like the Uighurs, JBJ had not only to be destroyed but made a non-person
Thanks to Jolovan Wham for sharing on Twitter an article from State Media mouthpiece, The State Times: Jolovan underlined the […]
Why Ho Ching Must Declare Her Salary
On 1 July Malaysia’s Parliament passed a motion to require all MPs, as well as their wives and children, to […]
Don’t Be Fooled by Heng’s Rehashing of Old PAP Slogans-There’s Nothing New Here
Recently devoted family retainer and PM-in-waiting Heng Swee Keat called on Singaporeans to build a “democracy of deeds”. He was […]
The Myth of the Lee Family’s Public Service
Last week I published a blog post, “How Many More Years Will Go by Before We Learn How Much the […]
If PAP Were Planning An Early Election Before Things Got Worse They Have Missed the Boat
Today’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) release of GDP for the first quarter 2019 actually shows an acceleration in […]
How Many More Years Will Go by Before We Learn How Much the Lees Have Paid Themselves While in Public Office?
I am pleased to see that Workers Party MP Png Eng Huat finally plucked up the courage and asked a […]
The New Model of Repression and Censorship
I see that yesterday Black Dot rushed to confirm my statement. They ARE indeed a spin doctor for the Government. […]
National No Collusion Day
Today it appears that the PAP is afraid that Bertha’s confession and my statement in response are likely to cause […]
Statement on Bertha Henson’s Revelations Concerning P N Balji – An Editor’s Confession.
I have been shocked to read Bertha Henson’s brave confession with regard to collusion and corruption in the defamation suit […]
Debunking the Brexiters’ Dreams of “Singapore-On-Thames”
Hardly a day goes by without a tweet or sound-bite from a UK Tory politician, businessman or right-wing commentator (Daniel […]
HIV Debacle is the Result of the PAP’s Desire to Keep Tabs on its Citizens
There are lots of questions to be answered in the latest example of the PAP Government’s mismanagement and incompetence to […]
The Grossly Negligent and Callous Death of Our NS Men Must Not Go Unpunished
I have been disgusted to read about the death of NS Cpl Aloysius Pang while on a training exercise in […]
PM Lee’s Crackdown on Any Whiff of Dissent Finds Some Strange Targets
LHL is now suing blogger Leong Sze Hian for sharing an article from Alex Tan’s State Times Review (the name […]
An Open Letter to the UK Information Commissioner
29 November 2018 Ms Elizabeth Denham Information Commissioner Information Commissioner’s Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF Dear […]
Mark My Words. The PAP Are Coming After Your Last Free Space (Social Media) Next
Following on from the ‘fake’ hearings in Singapore chaired by Minister for Law Shanmugam, in the last week three of […]
From Shiny Shoes to Seat Warmer: the Career Progression of a PAP Apparatchik
When I was studying economics at Cambridge in 1980 I remember one occasion when I invited a group of Singaporeans […]
Should PM Lee Be Forced to Reimburse the Taxpayer for His Wife’s Earnings at Temasek?
The civil suit against the Workers Party MPs, Low Thia Kiang, Sylvia Lim and Pritam Singh and the shareholders of […]
PM Lee: “The value of these homes will never go down”…oops, I lied.
I did warn you dear readers. I did predict this, I did raise the alarm and I did warn […]
The Lessons Singaporeans Can Learn From Armenia
A few days ago I and Reform Party CEC members Mahaboob Batscha and Noraini Yunus returned from a trip to […]
Are Lee Hsien Loong and Ho Ching as Corrupt as Najib and Rosmah?
“Corruption: a form of dishonesty undertaken by a person entrusted with a position of authority often to acquire personal benefit” […]
Don’t Interfere in Our Domestic Politics But We’ll Feel Free to Intervene in Yours
A few days ago another illuminating example of how Singapore’s PAP Government uses its Fake News mouthpieces came to light. […]
Don’t expect what just happened in Malaysia to be repeated in Singapore
The PAP Government has always taught Singaporeans to look down on Malaysia and compare it unfavourably with our own state […]
I was saying publicly as long ago as the 2011 GE that PAP’s Asset Enhancement Scheme was a scam whatever the Independent and others may claim
Yesterday the Independent Singapore (an ironic title if ever there was one since the Independent posts prominent photos of its […]
While Norway insists on transparency, our Familee-managed SWFs prefer the fishing in muddy waters
Yesterday the Financial Times reported that Norway’s Finance Ministry had forbidden its sovereign wealth fund (SWF) from investing in private equity. […]
CCS only took an interest in the Uber-Grab merger after I said that it should be stopped
On March 28 Uber announced it had sold its operations in South-East Asia to rival Grab in return for a […]
Did Data Mining Firm Cambridge Analytica swing the election for Najib? (and is your personal data safe with Facebook?)
Since I wrote this it has been announced that Facebook faces an FTC (Federal Trade Commission) probe into whether it […]
Discounts and Jobs For Relatives Are OK For PM Lee and His Family But Not For The GM of His Town Council
On Wednesday the GM of Ang Mo Kio Town Council, Victor Wong Chee Meng, was charged with 55 counts of […]
Retired Superman Goh Doesn’t Tell The Full Story When It Comes to Trade
After being told to shut up by Lee Hsien Loong and reminded that he is just an old age pensioner […]
PAP’s Tactics Against Sylvia Lim Follow A Familiar Pattern of Fake News and Distraction
Now that Parliament has passed the charade of fake accounting and sham spending that is the PAP’s excuse for a […]
Dear White (Racist UK Leave) People. Everything you think you know about Singapore is wrong.
On Sunday morning in the UK on a weekly BBC TV show about politics a British Conservative politician came out […]
Will Heng Swee Keat Stop Lying About The Government’s Finances?
On Friday Sylvia Lim raised the issue of whether the Government had raised test balloons before the Budget to see […]
While There Is A Furore Over Xi’s Scrapping of Term Limits, LHL’s Decision to Cling to Power Passes Almost Unnoticed
Over the weekend Chinese state media announced (see the WSJ article here) that China’s Party Congress would consider a proposal […]
BG Chan’s Words Not Only Insulted The Intelligence of Singaporeans But Were Deeply Worrying
Yesterday I wrote about how Chan Chun Sing had patronised Singaporeans by giving them the benefit of his Cambridge Economics […]
Shock! BG Chan Chun Sing Reveals He Passed Primary School Maths
Let no one be in doubt as to the intellectual qualities of PAP’s 4th Generation Leadership! This was confirmed to […]
What Economics Can Teach Us About The Irresponsible Fiscal Policies Pursued by Germany and Singapore
It is always remarkable how much praise Singapore gets from liberal or left-leaning economists who should know better. A few […]
Budget 2018: Same Old Cliches As Heng Makes Your Money Vanish in the Uniquely Singaporean Version of the Shell Game
Budget time yesterday and my first thought was that I had stepped into a time machine and been transported back […]
We Know It’s Budget Time When State Media Put Up An Unsympathetic Family to Trick You Into Thinking PAP Government Can’t Do More
It is Budget time again and part of our good old PAP-controlled state media’s job is to prepare Singaporeans not […]
Singapore Does Badly in World Bank Report on Wealth of Nations
Just as you would not be able to judge the financial soundness of a company by looking at its income […]
The Only Thing Pritam Singh Has in Common With JBJ is the Colour of His Skin
Today Daniel Goh announced that he would not be contesting the SG role leaving the field clear for Pritam Singh […]
Will He Stay or Will He Go?
I for one have always been sceptical of the assumption that Lee Hsien Loong would step down as PM when […]
One Index The PAP Would Rather Not Be Top Of Or Would It?
The PAP take credit for Singapore’s stellar performance in many global indices and engages in various strategies to boost our […]
Former Keppel O & M Employees Arrested But As Usual PAP Connected Executives Are Left Untouched
News reports today in the State Times and other Government media said that at least six former executives of Keppel […]
State Media Attempt to Bamboozle Singaporeans Yet Again With Fake News
Singaporeans have grown used to the PAP’s media monopoly on a regular basis citing studies showing Singapore topping one or […]
Han Fook Kwang Softens the Ground for Unnecessary and Regressive Tax Increases
A couple of days ago the State Times published an article by Han Fook Kwang titled “Time to introduce a […]
Banning the Palestinian Film Radiance of Resistance is Just the Latest Example of The PAP’s Desire to Control What We Think and See
Singapore’s ban on screenings of the Palestinian film “Radiance of Resistance” has made international news. I am not really concerned […]
Staying Clean Not A Simple Matter in Some Countries
I read with amusement the letter written to the State Times by one Francis Cheng arguing that Singapore MNCs should […]
Economy ›
If PAP Were Planning An Early Election Before Things Got Worse They Have Missed the Boat
Today’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) release of GDP for the first quarter 2019 actually shows an acceleration in […]
Retired Superman Goh Doesn’t Tell The Full Story When It Comes to Trade
After being told to shut up by Lee Hsien Loong and reminded that he is just an old age pensioner […]
Dear White (Racist UK Leave) People. Everything you think you know about Singapore is wrong.
On Sunday morning in the UK on a weekly BBC TV show about politics a British Conservative politician came out […]
Shock! BG Chan Chun Sing Reveals He Passed Primary School Maths
Let no one be in doubt as to the intellectual qualities of PAP’s 4th Generation Leadership! This was confirmed to […]
Like the Uighurs, JBJ had not only to be destroyed but made a non-person
Thanks to Jolovan Wham for sharing on Twitter an article from State Media mouthpiece, The State Times: Jolovan underlined the […]
The Myth of the Lee Family’s Public Service
Last week I published a blog post, “How Many More Years Will Go by Before We Learn How Much the […]
Statement on Bertha Henson’s Revelations Concerning P N Balji – An Editor’s Confession.
I have been shocked to read Bertha Henson’s brave confession with regard to collusion and corruption in the defamation suit […]
When the Government and its Ministers and Wives Are in Business, Business Comes First Not Consumers
State-owned ( but actually Ho Ching-controlled) CNA reported yesterday on a new Bill (the Point-to-Point (P2P) Passenger Transport Industry Bill) […]
Don’t Be Fooled by Heng’s Rehashing of Old PAP Slogans-There’s Nothing New Here
Recently devoted family retainer and PM-in-waiting Heng Swee Keat called on Singaporeans to build a “democracy of deeds”. He was […]
If PAP Were Planning An Early Election Before Things Got Worse They Have Missed the Boat
Today’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) release of GDP for the first quarter 2019 actually shows an acceleration in […]
National No Collusion Day
Today it appears that the PAP is afraid that Bertha’s confession and my statement in response are likely to cause […]
Hey Lee Hsien Loong Dude, What’s Your Plan?
Today the Government announced some shockingly awful growth numbers for the second quarter of 2019. They showed the economy shrinking […]
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