Some questions for the PM.
This is a copy of the Reform Party’s latest Press release. “Reform Party is concerned that the Prime Minister in his personal capacity as Mr Lee Hsien Loong is currently […]
Phey’s Arrest Raises More Questions Than It Answers
Three days ago, I was surprised to read a report in the State media saying that “After more than three decades on the run, former NTUC president and Member of […]
Vague Rules and Tough Consequences: How the PAP Government keeps the lines blurred
I read an interesting article today by a foreign journalist for Mumbrella, entitled “The thin pink line: Singapore’s curious rules for covering ‘alternative lifestyles’“. In this article the journalist Robin […]
Whose “Egregious Conduct” Should Be Punished?
I was intrigued by the following report by Kelly Ng that appeared in State Media’s Today Online a few days back. SINGAPORE — A day after a High Court raised the […]
Does the ASEAN Agreement on Free Movement of Labour Threaten Singaporean Jobs: Alex Au’s Views
A few days ago Alex Au put up a blog post entitled “ASEAN single market and the free movement of skilled labour”. He mentions my previous post on this subject, […]
An Open Letter to the Minister of Finance Concerning the National Productivity Fund
18A Smith Street Singapore 058932 14 May 2015 Tharman Shanmuguratnam Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Finance Ministry of Finance 100 High Street #10-01 The Treasury Singapore 179434 Dear Minister, […]
Is Lee Hsien Loong Sleeping on the Job or Just Bored?
Yesterday I wrote about PM Lee’s insensitive May Day message essentially blaming Singaporean workers for the productivity slowdown and saying that wages might have to fall if productivity growth did […]
Will the Taxpayer End Up Subsidizing Ho Ching’s Bonus?
In Budget 2015 the Finance Minister allocated $3 billion towards the construction of the new Terminal 5 at Changi Airport. He stated that he would be setting up a new […]
Exposing the problems with CPF
Exposing CPF and our Sovereign Wealth Funds
The Ricebowl Singapore (TRS) 