Inflation a Problem? Just Change the Way You Measure It!
Trying to explain away the steep rises in theCPI, Tharman has pointed out that they are mainly due to rises inCOEcosts and market rents which do not affect the majority […]
Royal Elephant Shoots Part 2
Yesterday I wrote about the PAP government’s willingness to bail out the Eurozone with generous contributions to the IMF’s lending facility (http://sonofadud.com/2012/04/25/659/). Yet a US$4 billion loan (which represents more […]
More Democracy is the Solution Not Shock Therapy
Despite Prof.Lim’s undoubtedly good intentions, the solution to wage stagnation for Singaporeans is not some central planning directive taking us back to the Soviet era. It is Singapore’s lack of […]
We must move up the Value Chain rather than give up on Manufacturing.
The release of the unemployment statistics two days ago brought home the folly of current policy. http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_761247.html While the government prided itself on creating 121 thousand jobs last year two-thirds […]
Tips on Childcare
There is so much I could say about the life changing experience of having a child. But I am going to restrict myself here to an important parenting lesson […]
Clean Is Not the New Transparent
In his Parliamentary speech, the PM highlighted the clean pay of our Ministers. Gerard Ee also drew a lot of attention to this descriptor and everyone else involved on the […]
Another Ministerial salary sob story
The PM recently brought out a violin in Parliament and plucked the heart-strings with his sad song about the lack of revolving doors in Singapore leading to loss on income. […]
The PM on Paying For Talent !
Excessive Ministerial pay is not there to secure talent. If the government were interested in talent it would want to promote competition and encourage a market place of ideas. This […]
A committee that cannot calculate the median of the top 1000 is either deliberately misleading the public or incompetent.
Happy New Year! The following is a Press release I wrote in my capacity as SG of The Reform Party. The more I think about it the more it concerns […]
The Ricebowl Singapore (TRS) 