While the US Economy Is Expected To Grow Twice as Fast as Expected, Singapore’s Economy Is Held Back by PAP’s Absurd Fixation on Austerity
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has just forecast that the American economy will expand by up to 6.5% this year, up sharply from the 3.2% forecast in […]
Heng’s Desperate Attempts To Deceive Singaporeans End Up Revealing Enormous True Size of the Reserves
During the Budget Debate on Friday 26 February Heng was asked about using the proceeds from land sales in the Budget. His answer was deliberately disingenuous: “The current approach of […]
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 […]
On Eve of Budget 2021, It Is Clear the Economy Is Paying the Price for the Government’s Failure To Provide Enough Stimulus
In a few hours my old Cambridge colleague, the Finance Minister and Postponed Yet Again Seat Warmer PM-In-Waiting Heng Swee Keat, will be presenting Budget 2021. State media have been […]
Err! Ho Ching Quits as Temasek CEO in Surprise Move To Seek New Challenges (PM or President?)
Today I was greeted by the news that Ho Ching, PM Lee’s wife, was stepping down from her position as CEO and Executive Director of Temasek Holdings on October 1st. […]
When Will Heng Swee Keat and Lee Hsien Loong Be Prosecuted for Wounding My Racial Feelings ?
Today a man, “Sirajudeen Abdul Majeed, 52, was given two weeks’ jail and fined S$7,000 on Monday (Feb 8) for two charges of knowingly promoting feelings of ill will between […]
Decision To Withhold Civil Servants Year-End Bonuses Shows PAP Government Doesn’t Understand Economics
On November 27 the Public Service Division (PSD) announced that Singapore’s 85,000 civil servants will not receive any year-end bonus this year . This followed the cancellation of the mid-year bonus […]
PAP Suka Suka Break the Constitution When It Suits. Has Heng?
On 16 June Leon Perera, a Workers Party NCMP, asked a question in Parliament. I reproduce a screenshot of his post below: Unfortunately there seems to be some befuddlement among […]
Do NOT Allow the Kiasu PM to Use Covid as an Excuse to Remove the Last Vestiges of Democratic Accountability
Lee Hsien Loong, like his father, has always been absolutely ruthless about manipulating elections and harassing and intimidating any opposition to his rule. Despite the PAP’s claims to be a […]
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