A death sentence for the crime of Free Expression
I have been sent this anonymous account and asked to post it on my blog. Prisoner of conscience: Raif Badawi “It is abhorrent that this cruel and unjust sentence […]
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.
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, […]
Amos Yee in the Lady Chatterley’s Lover Obscenity Trial
The un’bear’able Photoshop Here is a postcard I picked up at the Centre Pompidou in France. The image is of a sculpture by a Belgian artist named Pascal Bernier. The postcard was freely […]
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 […]
Why We Should Be Worried About Singapore’s Productivity
The PM has admitted that the PAP's economic policies have been ruinous for productivity .
Bertha Henson writes about TRS
Bertha blogger Henson has been strangely affected by the shut down of TRS. She hasn’t been this moved since she saw that video of a distressed teenage […]
The Ricebowl Singapore (TRS) 