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 […]
On Its 60th Anniversary The WP Conspires with PAP to Create A Fake History
Yesterday the State Times published an Insight article on the Workers Party 60th Anniversary. A misnomer, since the article was remarkable for its lack of insight or rather for its […]
Ruling Zimbabwe from a Singapore Hospital Bed
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director General World Health Organisation Dear Dr Tedros, I welcome the news this morning that you are reconsidering your appointment of Robert Mugabe as a Goodwill […]
Appointing Mugabe as a WHO Goodwill Ambassador is Like Appointing Mao to a Similar Position at the FAO
I was disgusted to read today that the World Health Organisation (WHO) had made Robert Mugabe, the dictator of Zimbabwe, a Goodwill Ambassador. Mugabe has presided over the collapse of […]
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 a recent walkabout a resident of Punggol East shared with […]
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 “fake news”. It is difficult to understand why new laws are […]
