


What is the Real Surplus?
It appears that our Budget Cash Surplus has fallen off a cliff. The Budget Cash Surplus for FY2012, which was shown as $36.1 billion a year ago, is now stated […]

Calming the flames. A light hearted response to Hri Kumar’s Facebook post.
That coffee table was a bona- fide resident of Thompson-Toa Payoh. As such it was there of its own accord in its personal capacity. It was a non-partisan coffee table, not even an activist coffee table or a civil society coffee table....

8 (Intellectually) Dishonest Things About Hri Kumar’s Honest Conversation
Hri Kumar: “Any change to the CPF system would mean taking from one group and giving to another.” Why is this Dishonest? This is the usual PAP trick of presenting […]

Temasek fails to persuade over connection with rise in CPF minimum sum
Temasek's answer to the public via the ST forum is economical with the truth to say the least. CPF may be invested elsewhere and not directly into Temasek or vice -versa but it all comes from the same pot which is government capital or surpluses.

Should the PM Resign?
Recently a petition has been circulated online calling on the PM to resign over the remarks he made at a community event in AMK. The particularly offensive lines were, “Singaporeans, new arrivals, […]

When immigration stops being the elephant in the room and becomes the great white shark in your parliament.
On April 23 the Straits Times (ST) hosted a roundtable to sit around and discuss a survey of people’s perceptions of key policies, three years after the 2011 General Election. The panelists […]

CPF and HDB: 10 Real Dirty Tricks.
10 real dirty tricks about your CPF and HDB flat.

Temasek Loses the Plot
Last week I pointed out * that it made no sense for Temasek to pay a huge premium for Olam’s equity when Olam’s short-term debt refinancing was likely to be problematical, […]

Questions for the Prime Minister’s Wife on Temasek’s Olam Acquisition
My suspicions were raised yesterday by the news that Temasek has put up $2.1 billion dollars to buy out any remaining shares they do not already own in Singaporean commodities […]