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 studying Economics round to dinner at my college, Queens’. Most […]
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 you. In his NDR Rally speech yesterday Lee Hsien Loong […]
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 Armenia where we were the guests of the PAP, only […]
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” In the last couple of days the world has been […]
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. However this time, instead of its usual tactics of brainwashing […]
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 of economic development. Never mind the fact that Singapore was […]
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 violated the terms of a 2011 privacy settlement that was […]
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 to scrap the two-term Presidential limit that was introduced after […]
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 to be elected to lead the Workers Party. State media […]
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 he reaches 70. This seems to have originated in 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 with the merits of the movie which I have not […]
Will the fixed PE have consequences for the PAP at the next election? Somehow I doubt it
According to Tan Cheng Bok the fixing of the 2017 Presidential Election will result in consequences for the PAP at the next election due to “a great outpouring of anger […]
Tommy Koh says that Singapore inherited from the British an intolerance for nepotism and giving gifts to public officials. Really?
Well done Tommy Koh (who was a friend of my parents in the 1960s) for pointing out that Singapore has a long history as a strategic hub long before the […]
More on Singapore’s Fake GDP Growth
As anyone who has studied Singapore for any length of time, as I have, much of what passes for statistics in Singapore is fake or manipulated to present a picture […]
Leon Perera Is No JBJ Despite Chee’s Attack
On Thursday last state-owned Mediacorp publication Today carried a report about an exchange between Leon Perera, the WP NCMP, and Minister of State Chee Hong Tat in Parliament on Tuesday. […]
Master of The Moment or Master of Collusion?
I was as surprised as anyone to read that Low Thia Kiang was stepping down as SG of the Workers Party. But then again it should not have comes as […]
