


The Mystery of Why the Government Wants HDB To Make a Loss Solved
Recently the PAP have made use yet again, in a typically arbitrary high-handed and arrogant manner of their authoritarian POFMA law. LHL and his Government find this a brilliant tool […]

Indranee Rajah Misleads Parliament by Falsely Claiming Singaporeans Will Be Protected from the GST Hike for 5 Years. Should She Be Referred to the Committee of Privileges?
In his New Year Message PM Lee Hsien Loong said that “the Government will have to start moving on the planned hike in Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Budget […]

Budget 2021- Not Enough Stimulus in FY2020, Premature Withdrawal of Aid in FY 2021 and Not Enough Help for Singaporeans
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Inadequate Stimulus in FY2020 In my last blog post, written just before the Budget presentation, I pointed out that the economy had suffered as a […]

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 […]

Lee Hsien Loong Is Telling Porkie Pies If He Pretends RCEP Is a Big Deal Without the US
On November 15, Lee Hsien Loong and Chan Chun Sing signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). For those who might not be aware what this is, the RCEP links […]

Singapore Fact Checking Website Refutes Ho Ching Salary Claim Without Giving Facts.
Some Singapore watchers might be forgiven for thinking that Heng Swee Keat is Ho Ching’s house elf. Somehow yesterday this civil servant got the Finance Minister and the Deputy Prime […]

Things That Make You Go “Err”: According to Taiwanese News Ho Ching Is Paying Herself a Cool US$100 Million a Year Out of Public Funds
Despite being an unelected public servant appointed as CEO of Temasek by her husband, with a track record that would have got her fired long ago at a private equity […]

Rather than Cyber Bully Ordinary Citizens, the Minister of Finance Needs To Be Transparent About Temasek, GIC, Our Reserves and the PM’s Wife’s Pay: An Open Letter to Heng Swee Keat
3 April 2020 Heng Swee KeatMinistry of Finance100 High Street#06-03 The TreasurySingapore 179434 Dear Swee Keat It has been many years since we were together studying Economics at Cambridge. I […]

What Foreign Pundits Really Mean When They Say Singapore Is “Small Government”
On Saturday Adrian Wooldridge, Political Editor of the Economist and author of the Bagehot column, made the following extraordinary comment about Singapore in a tweet: Singapore’s effectiveness in treating Covid-19, […]