Our Natural Aristocrats’ Sense of Entitlement Is Now so Deeply Ingrained That They Can No Longer Distinguish Right fromWrong
I have already written about Lee Hsien Loong’s sense of entitlement having become so outsize that he is unable to distinguish between state property and his own. This was clearly […]
The International Scholarship Programme is a Perfect Example of the Discrimination Practised Against Singaporeans
In my last article (Has Lee Hsien Loong Forgotten Who Pays His Salary?) I wrote about the way that Lee Hsien Loong and the PAP Government treat expats as more […]
Has Lee Hsien Loong Forgotten Who Pays His Salary?
Today PM Lee posted a letter he had received, ostensibly from an expatriate family on his Facebook page. The family thanked him for their three years in Singapore and said […]
Such Blatant and Extreme Manipulation of the Electoral System Has No Place in a Democracy
This is a copy of the Reform Party’s latest press release: Like his father before him, the Prime Minister has never felt confident of winning a free and democratic election […]
Kuek Kuek Slow
State media today commented that SMRT could be hit with a $50 million fine for Tuesday’s service breakdown. This might look like an impressively draconian penalty but it is really […]
Why Do the Greeks Resoundingly Reject Austerity Yet Singaporeans Embrace It?
On Sunday Greece’s voters overwhelmingly rejected the latest terms offered to them by their Eurozone creditors for rescheduling their huge debt mountain. With Greece’s debt to GDP ratio at 170% […]
SG50: What Lies Ahead: A Natural Aristocracy or a Self-Perpetuating Family Oligarchy?
In April this year I received an invitation to an Institute of Policy Studies and Lee Kuan Yew School of Policy Studies Conference held to mark SG50 entitled “What Lies […]
Greece’s IMF Default Shows Clearly That the Finance Minister Misled Parliament and the People When He Claimed IMF Lending Carried No Risks
On 30 June 2015 Greece missed a payment of Euros 1.5 billion due to the International Monetary Fund. This was under a Euro 28 billion extended Stand-by Arrangement agreed between […]
The Ricebowl Singapore (TRS) 