A Decade Too Late GIC Finally Decides to Cut Its Losses
A couple of days ago GIC announced that they had sold almost half their stake in UBS, cutting their shareholding […]
Workers Party Clearly Have No Shame Otherwise Why Do They Continue to Cynically Use JBJ’s Name Despite Abandoning Him So Callously?
I came across this post on the Workers Party Facebook page by Lee Li Lian. According to her post, during […]
Singapore Government Bullies The Economist But Fails To Refute.
How the PAP are unable to refute Justice Coles on the Amos Yee asylum case.
One Law for The Lee Family And Another For Everyone Else
Recently the Court of Appeal reserved judgement on the appeal by LKY’s two younger children, Lee Hsien Yang and Lee […]
The PAP Are Only Unhappy About Fake News When It’s Not Coming From Them
So Shanmugam said in Parliament last week that the Government is looking at new laws to deal with the problem of […]
Poor Lee Hsien Loong! He Still Cannot Get Rid of His Problems with Yes Men After All These Years
At an event at the end of February 2017, reported on by state media mouthpiece The Straits Times, Lee Hsien […]
Han Hui Hui flees to Norway! Will Roy Be Next?
I’ve just heard news that Han Hui Hui has fled Singapore to seek asylum in an unnamed European country according to […]
The Curious Question of Dr Tan Cheng Bock’s Timing
Far too late, Dr Tan has broken his silence on the Government’s changes to the Elected Presidency. Sure he has […]
An Open Letter to the President of The Association of Criminal Lawyers
29 March 2017 Dear Mr Sudheesan I respect the fact that you have many years of experience as a criminal […]
An Open Letter to the Minister of Home Affairs
Dear Mr Shanmugam, I refer to the shoddy, petulant and misleading press release dated 25 March 2017 issued by your […]
My First Hand Experience of Amos Yee’s Asylum Hearing
My first hand account of my experiences as a witness at Amos Yee's asylum hearing.
Amrin Amin Is Not Fit to be an MP
The PAP Government says the search for the next generation of leaders is progressing nicely. But I wonder how that […]
Statement in Support of Amos Yee’s Application for Asylum in The US
I sent this statement to Amos’s mother and lawyer to support his application for asylum in the US: Singapore teenager […]
Does China Have What It Takes to Lead The Global Economy?
I just saw a headline in the WSJ, “China Says Prepared to Lead Global Economy if Necessary“, quoting a diplomat […]
Trump’s determined to take no s**t from China and that spells trouble for Singapore
Newspaper headlines have been dominated by Trump’s decision to take a congratulatory phone call from the President of Taiwan, Tsai […]
Hungary is first off the mark in race to cut corporate taxes to zero. Will Singapore follow suit?
Before the election Trump promised to cut the US corporate rate to 15% and impose a special 10% tax rate […]
Why a Trump victory may not be good for the PAP
Lee Hsien Loong was quick to send his congratulations to Donald Trump after his surprise win over Hillary Clinton. Well […]
Brainfreeze, Brainstorming and So Stun like Vegetable
All these people apparently So Stun Like Vegetable by something I didn't say and something I didn't do. It's astounding how many people online believe in something that is quite simply untrue.
(Twitter) Storm in a Tea Cup. Or, How Andrew Loh and other Petty minds Politicised over the PM’s Health.
“With regards to an earlier posting I made…..” This is how Andrew Loh sometime founder/leader/editor of socio-political website TOC, now […]
Trading Outage Damages Singapore Stock Exchange Reputation.
I have repeatedly pointed out over the last five years that lack of competition and monopoly in political life has […]
WP’s Stairway to Communism
WP announces its new office bearers who pose for a photo on the stairway. I call it the stairway […]
Grace Fu Goes in Low and Dirty in a Bid to Keep This an Election for Town Council Manager
“Sadly the by-election has been turned into a town council election” Internationally renowned human rights campaigner M Ravi posted […]
The Colour of the Money Bribing You is White on White.
Last Sunday Mr Murali Pillai, the People’s Action Party (PAP) candidate for the Bukit Batok by-election, unveiled a $1.9 […]
Budget 2016: Stuck in a Car in the Fog. Who to Ask for Directions?
Since 2012 I have pointed out, repeatedly, that the Singapore Budget presentation gives a deeply misleading picture of the Government’s […]
Keeping It Under Your Hat -The Panama Papers
The Panama Papers is a massive leak of files from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, engineered by the International Consortium of […]
“Like sailing through fog.” Son of Devan Nair on Daughter of Lee Kuan Yew
Most people, if not all, will have seen LKY’s daughter’s, Lee Wei Ling’s, public postings on Facebook saying that she […]
How NOT to get charged with Sedition or Singapore is a Cash Cow which only the government can milk
The editors of the The Real Singapore, Ai Takagi and Yang Kaiheng, have been charged with sedition for stirring up […]
Shanmugam Defames A Dead Child and is The Pot That Calls LS President Thio Shen Yi, “Black”
I called the apparent suicide of Benjamin Lim, the 14 year old boy who was arrested and interrogated by the police […]
Changing Austerity For Prosperity
Budget Day, which has been postponed to March 24 this year without a reason being given (perhaps to coincide with […]
There Are Bigger Things to Worry About Than a Shrinking and Ageing Population
Yesterday Japan announced that its population had shrunk by nearly a million in the last half decade (see the NY […]
Are We Paying Too Much for Our Groceries?
Sheng Siong, one of Singapore’s big three food retailers, announced its fourth quarter and annual results for 2015 a few […]
Why Chris Kuan is wrong. Black hole in the government finances? No, just S$174 billion missing
An article concluding that there is no shortfall in the government’s statement of Assets and Liabilities has recently gone up on social […]
Would you stand up for your country? Majulah: the spoken word version.
Introducing a talented young performer and a spoken word performance that sums up our Singapore existence much better […]
#WeAreMinions
Yesterday I wrote about the #WeAreMajulah team. A group of cynics trying to whip up Nationalist fervour by jumping on the […]
Plunging Exports Will Result in Many Years of Slow Growth Without a Change in Policy
In the light of the big drop in exports in January 2016 over the same month last year it is […]
Slick Presentation and an Appeal to Your Emotions Cannot Hide a Fascist Message
Recently I came across a video by a group callling themselves We are Majulah that has been making the rounds […]
Is Your CPF At Risk if Stock Markets Fall Any Further?
You can read my refutation of Chris Kuan here: https://sonofadud.com/2016/02/24/why-chris-kuan-is-wrong-black-hole-in-the-government-finances-no-just-s174-billion-missing/ A few days ago I updated my very approximate calculations […]
Singapore’s High Ranking on the Heritage Foundation Index Has More to do with US Politics Than with How Free Singapore Actually Is
A few days ago the State Times published an article entitled “Singapore still 2nd freest economy in the world but […]
No idea what to do? Talk about the long-term instead
On the first day of CNY Lee Hsien Loong was up early and distributing mandarins and red packets to the […]
A Wholly Tragic and Unnecessary Death
I was saddened and angry to read of the apparent suicide of 14 year-old Benjamin Lim. This happened on the […]
Does the Fact That Job Vacancies Were More Than Job Seekers Mean We Should Not Be Worried?
Today MOM published its 2015 Job Vacancies Report. With the usual relentless positive spin, State media company Asia One reported […]
Temasek’s Portfolio is Probably Down 20% Already and the Chinese Stock Market Rout May Just Be Getting Started
Back in July last year I did some rather basic analysis of Temasek’s results for the year ended 31 March […]
Will Lagarde Join Tharman in the Exclusive Club of Finance Ministers with Criminal Records?
In 2012 I discovered that the Finance Minister had pledged a US$ 4 billion loan commitment backed by our reserves […]
Why Donald Trump Can Only Envy Lee Hsien Loong
Recently some American journalists have described the leading Republican candidate for the Presidency, Donald Trump, as a fascist citing some […]
NOL: Another Case of Value Destruction by Our Natural Aristocracy
CMA CGM, a major global shipping company based in France, today announced that it had agreed to acquire Temasek’s […]
I Bet You Did Not Know This about Recession.
Regular readers of my scribblings will know that I have frequently drawn attention to the fact that Singapore has been […]
Double Standards for Corruption
A few days ago a district court here sentenced a former director of Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) to ten […]
The Right Lessons to be Drawn from Political Parties Spending in GE2015
The Elections Department has released the candidates’ returns of election expenses during GE2015 and they make for interesting reading (I […]
Does PM Lee’s convincing win in AMK make it impossible for him to claim damages from Roy Ngerng, Reform Party candidate?
Before GE 2015 I was saying with regard to Mr Lee’s defamation case against blogger Roy Ngerng (the PM took […]
Mdm President. A Tale Told By Idiots Full of Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing
So much nonsense is being spouted about the Presidency that you have to wonder if Singaporeans have lost all of […]
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Trump’s determined to take no s**t from China and that spells trouble for Singapore
Newspaper headlines have been dominated by Trump’s decision to take a congratulatory phone call from the President of Taiwan, Tsai […]
Hungary is first off the mark in race to cut corporate taxes to zero. Will Singapore follow suit?
Before the election Trump promised to cut the US corporate rate to 15% and impose a special 10% tax rate […]
Why a Trump victory may not be good for the PAP
Lee Hsien Loong was quick to send his congratulations to Donald Trump after his surprise win over Hillary Clinton. Well […]
There Are Bigger Things to Worry About Than a Shrinking and Ageing Population
Yesterday Japan announced that its population had shrunk by nearly a million in the last half decade (see the NY […]
Breaking news: Amos Yee :World’s Youngest Prisoner of Conscience to be recognised by Amnesty International
Amnesty International to recognise Amos Yee as A Prisoner of Conscience.
Amos Yee: Singapore’s Youngest Political Prisoner
Yesterday I attended Amos Yee’s sentencing hearing at the State Courts at 9.30am. As you may be aware, Amos has […]
Where have our reserves gone?
“Let me tell you the truth, as spending increases significantly sooner or later taxes must go up too.” Thus […]
National Service- by guest spot author Gordon Lee.
Recently someone sent me a link to a funny video on politics entitled, ” Sex Appeal and Jokes …..So this […]
An Imaginary Climate of Fear?
On Wednesday on behalf of the Reform Party I attended the Singapore Forum on Politics at NUS as one of […]
Rule of Law – Dirty Tricks?
This is my comment on the attempted action by the Law Society of Singapore against Lawyer M Ravi which I […]
An Open Letter to TOC in Response to Their Removal of My Article “Where Have The Reserves Gone”
Dear TOC, Last Thursday, I was contacted by several readers who asked me why my article “Where have our reserves […]
The Case against Amos Yee Proves We Have No Rule of Law
The Amos Yee prosecution is yet another clear demonstration of the fact that we have no rule of law in […]
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