Slick Presentation and an Appeal to Your Emotions Cannot Hide a Fascist Message
Recently I came across a video by a group callling themselves We are Majulah that has been making the rounds on Facebook. So far it has garnered about 11,000 shares […]
Singapore’s High Ranking on the Heritage Foundation Index Has More to do with US Politics Than with How Free Singapore Actually Is
A few days ago the State Times published an article entitled “Singapore still 2nd freest economy in the world but gap with top-ranked Hong Kong widens“. The Heritage Foundation, a […]
No idea what to do? Talk about the long-term instead
On the first day of CNY Lee Hsien Loong was up early and distributing mandarins and red packets to the Changi Airport workers unfortunate enough to be working on a […]
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 […]
Why Donald Trump Can Only Envy Lee Hsien Loong
Recently some American journalists have described the leading Republican candidate for the Presidency, Donald Trump, as a fascist citing some of his statements, particularly against Muslims and Mexican immigrants as […]
NOL: Another Case of Value Destruction by Our Natural Aristocracy
CMA CGM, a major global shipping company based in France, today announced that it had agreed to acquire Temasek’s 67% stake in NOL at a price of S$1.30 per […]
Double Standards for Corruption
A few days ago a district court here sentenced a former director of Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) to ten weeks jail for criminal breach of trust. The convicted criminal […]
Does PM Lee’s convincing win in AMK make it impossible for him to claim damages from Roy Ngerng, Reform Party candidate?
Before GE 2015 I was saying with regard to Mr Lee’s defamation case against blogger Roy Ngerng (the PM took Roy to Court in his personal capacity as Mr Lee) […]
Show Us The Money or the Funny World of PAP Accounting
At the NUSS dialogue on Tuesday I tried to grill the PAP representative on why there were so many discrepancies in the Government’s accounts. More specifically, I honed in on […]
The Ricebowl Singapore (TRS) 