


UNfactually: How the Singapore Government Tries to Bully Citizens into Accepting Misleading Statistics and Fake News
With the election is supposedly just around the corner and the new Protection from Online Falsehood and Manipulation Act (POFMA) just having become law, the Prime Minister must have been […]

Will He Stay or Will He Go?
I for one have always been sceptical of the assumption that Lee Hsien Loong would step down as PM when he reaches 70. This seems to have originated in a […]

Former Keppel O & M Employees Arrested But As Usual PAP Connected Executives Are Left Untouched
News reports today in the State Times and other Government media said that at least six former executives of Keppel Corp have been arrested by CPIB in connection with the […]

Staying Clean Not A Simple Matter in Some Countries
I read with amusement the letter written to the State Times by one Francis Cheng arguing that Singapore MNCs should be allowed to pay bribes as otherwise foreign competitors will […]

A Shocking Window Into The Institutional Corruption That Pervades Singapore Inc
Quietly over Christmas the US Justice Department announced that it had reached a deferred prosecution agreement with Keppel Offshore and Marine. Under the agreement Keppel O & M, a unit […]

Temasek’s Portfolio is Probably Down 20% Already and the Chinese Stock Market Rout May Just Be Getting Started
Back in July last year I did some rather basic analysis of Temasek’s results for the year ended 31 March 2015 and for the performance of its portfolio since then […]

A Fresh Round of Wayang about Competition?
Today the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) announced that they were looking to increase competition in the mobile sector by expanding the role of Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO). […]

An Open Letter to the Chairman of the Securities Industry Council
18A Smith Street Singapore 058932 25 March 2014 J Y M Pillay Chairman Securities Industry Council 25th Storey, MAS Building 10 Shenton Way Singapore 079117 Dear Sir, […]