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kjeyaretnam

I'm a Singaporean economist who became an opposition activist. I blog to provide an alternative to the porkies that the Pinkies tell. It just so happens that my alternative is the truth. That's why I've never been sued in any civil or criminal court no matter how hard hitting my criticism.
I'm quoted and interviewed and asked to speak across the world but largely censored in Singapore in an effort to silence my political opinions.
The left hate me because they think I split their vote and because I eschew their outmoded economic models. Models that don't work.
The Right and the Conservatives hate me because I'm a liberal.
I'm not sure what the middle think of me. I don't think there are more than a handful of people in the middle, here in Singapore.
I'm a Singaporean born and bred, dual heritage, my parents Singaporean established here before the State of Singapore was created. I'm not Eurasian.
I read economics at Cambridge and could be broadly described as from the Keynesian school but I believe in interventions. I was formerly a successful hedge fund manager. After economics and politics my greatest interests are history, film and Makan. I run but I run so I can eat like a Singaporean.

When Will Heng Swee Keat and Lee Hsien Loong Be Prosecuted for Wounding My Racial Feelings ?

Today a man, “Sirajudeen Abdul Majeed, 52, was given two weeks’ jail and fined S$7,000 on Monday (Feb 8) for two charges of knowingly promoting feelings of ill will between […]

Are Singaporean Taxpayers Paying To Burnish Li Hongyi’s CV?

Yesterday the State Times and most of the fawning foreign media, announced that Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google and the world’s ninth-richest man, was setting up a branch of […]

Success in the Constitutional Challenge to Section 377A Opens the Door to Overturning Other Unjust Laws

On Monday January 25th lawyers for three gay men argued before a five-judge Court of Appeal that the High Court was wrong to dismiss their challenge to the constitutionality of […]

Launch of New Charity: The J B Jeyaretnam Foundation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 05th 2021 On this day in 1926, J B Jeyaretnam, the first Opposition MP to be elected to Parliament post-1965, was born. JBJ, as he was affectionately […]

Don’t Believe the State Media When They Say There’s Internal Conflict in Reform Party

Yesterday the Straits Times published an article entitled “Former Reform Party chairman Andy Zhu and others form new political party, Singapore United Party” at the end of which they said, […]

Well Done GIC for Investing in DoorDash ! Too Bad for CPF Holders Who Don’t Get to Share the Profits

Two days ago the US online food delivery company DoorDash debuted on the New York Stock Exchange and its shares popped by 86% though today they have come off nearly […]

Further Questions for the PM’s Press Secretary as More Evidence Emerges of LHL’s Corrupt Use of State Resources for Personal Business

Last Wednesday (December 2) it was revealed in court that Lee Hsien Loong used his Press Secretary to send a letter of demand to Terry Xu, Editor of The Online […]

The PAP Government Shrugs Off the Decline in Median Income As Not Their Fault But Can’t Hide the Fact Singaporeans Get a Bad Deal

On Thursday December 3rd Ministry of Manpower (MOM) published their figures for 2020 for median gross monthly income from work of full time employed residents, i.e. citizens and PRs. Just […]

Decision To Withhold Civil Servants Year-End Bonuses Shows PAP Government Doesn’t Understand Economics

On November 27 the Public Service Division (PSD) announced that Singapore’s 85,000 civil servants will not receive any year-end bonus this year . This followed the cancellation of the mid-year bonus […]

When Will Singaporeans Pluck Up the Courage to Leave the PAP Kindergarten?

Many Singaporeans first get to know the lightning symbol (which LKY stole from the Nazis via the British Union of Fascists) when they attend the PAP Community Foundation kindergartens. And […]

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