Dear BG Lee, Thanks but No Thanks for Pretending to Dig into Your (Government’s) Pockets for Some Loose Change to Hand Out to Long Suffering Singaporeans. Instead Tell Us What You’ve Done With the $3 Trillion in Reserves.
CORRECTION NOTICE: This article (dated 21 August 2023) contains false statements of fact. For the correct facts, click here: https://www.gov.sg/article/factually300823-a. Another year another National Day Rally completed by our veteran PM. […]
Don’t Be Gaslighted by State Media’s Attempt to Make You Think Ridoutgate Is Acceptable
As the Parliamentary hearing on 3 July draws closer and silence from Shanmugam’s good friend and footballing buddy Teo Chee Hian on the farcical fake independent review grows ever more […]
Her Master’s Voice Halimah and Silver-Tongued Shanmugam Don’t Seem Able To Get Their Stories Straight
In her opening address today to Parliament setting out the Government’s priorities for the remainder of the current term President Halimah said: “Meritocracy has provided opportunities, but as the country prospers, […]
Shanmugam Says “Singapore Will Fail If Racism and Xenophobia Take Root” Directly Contradicting LKY’s Theory That Racial Superiority Was the Main Reason for Singapore’s Success
Singapore’s leaders were absolutely right to condemn the racist attack against an Indian Singaporean last week. LHL said on Facebook that the attack “goes against everything that our multiracial […]
The Succession Problem Is One of LHL’s Own Making and Suits Him Just Fine
Six days ago I wrote a blog about Heng Swee Keat’s decision to remove himself from the succession to LHL entitled “PAP in Disarray? Much More Likely That LHL Is […]
PAP in Disarray? Much More Likely That LHL Is Moving the Pieces Around the Chessboard To Ensure His Son Is There To Succeed Him When He Finally Retires
Was anyone really surprised by the news that my old Cambridge contemporary, Heng Swee Keat, is stepping down from leadership of the 4G team and from contention to be the […]
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. […]
Are Singaporean Taxpayers Paying To Burnish Li Hongyi’s CV?
Yesterday the State Times and most of the fawning foreign media, announced that Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google and the world’s ninth-richest man, was setting up a branch of […]
From Shiny Shoes to Seat Warmer: the Career Progression of a PAP Apparatchik
When I was studying economics at Cambridge in 1980 I remember one occasion when I invited a group of Singaporeans studying Economics round to dinner at my college, Queens’. Most […]
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