Dear Lawrence Wong, Until You Provide Some Transparency Over the Reserves and the Surplus There’s No Reason to Believe Your Claims That the GST Hike Was Needed
Yesterday the PM defended the GST hikes in Parliament after Pritam Singh said they had “turbocharged” inflation. The GST hikes were generally quickly reflected in higher prices, given the oligopolistic […]
Is MAS’s Promise to Invest $5 Billion in Singapore-Listed Companies to Benefit the Local Stock Market or Friends of the PAP?
On Friday 21 February state media carried an announcement from MAS that it will launch a “new S$5 billion programme that involves putting money with fund managers focused on investing in […]
It’s Heartbreaking That Many Foreign Workers Have Inadequate Insurance for Cancer and Other Catastrophic Illnesses.However Budget 2025, Trumpeted by Lawrence Wong as Leaving No Singaporean Behind, Continues to Leave Many Singaporeans in the Same Boat
Today I read a heartbreaking account in state media mouthpiece CNA about foreign workers who keep quiet when they get early symptoms of life threatening illnesses such as cancer because […]
Why Did NTUC Enterprise and Income Insurance Not Disclose the Proposed Capital Reduction? How Much Did the Government Know Since NTUC and PAP Are Joined at the Hip?
Yesterday the Government blocked the Income Insurance-Allianz deal in its current form though it indicated that the door was open to restructure the deal. However the revelations that there was […]
Another Week, Another Case of Money Laundering
A few days ago the State Times carried yet another report about a money laundering syndicate, this time from Japan not China. The sums ($629 million) were smaller than the […]
Singaporeans Have Allowed the PAP Elite to Hijack Policy Making to Make Themselves Obscenely Rich
Today Henley and Partners, a firm which proclaims itself as the global leader in advising the ultra-rich (usually defined as individuals with at least US$30 million in investable assets, which […]
The Ricebowl Singapore (TRS) 