Why Are Some Singaporeans So Desperate That They’d Eat Other People’s Leftovers?
A week ago there was a report on state media of some elderly men “chowing down” on leftovers at People’s Park Centre. It is hard to fathom how some people […]
Is a Realistic Measure of the Size of Singapore’s Economy Only About Half What the PAP Government Says It Is?
I remember discussing Singapore’s development strategy with my Economics Director of Studies at Cambridge University, Professor Ajit Singh, in 1983. He said Singapore had pursued a similar strategy to Ireland, […]
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. […]
Lawrence Wong, Stop the Fake Camaraderie and Humility: You Are Not My Brother
It has always been a favourite PAP tactic to show fake concern for the plight of Singaporeans and claim a false solidarity while doing their level best to undermine them […]
Should We Be Sceptical of the PAP’s Exaggerated Claims That Singapore Is So Bereft of Talent We Need So Many Massively Overpaid FTs?
Recently my eye was drawn to an article on state media’s clickbait site AsiaOne about an expat’s $11,650 a month basic living expenses. It says she is an expat despite […]
Prosecuting Violet Netto for Helping Prepare a Last-Ditch Appeal for Nagaenthran Only Serves To Emphasize LHL’s Control Over Judiciary, AG and Everything Else That Matters in Singapore
A few days ago the State Times published a report saying that Violet Netto was under investigation by the police for not having a valid practising certificate when she represented […]
The Truly Despicable and Abhorrent Execution of a Poor Mentally Disabled Man for a Non-Violent Crime Exposes the Totalitarian Nature of Singapore’s One-Party Dictatorship
The execution on Wednesday 27 April of mentally disabled Nagaenthran, for the non-violent crime of drug smuggling, has given Singapore and LHL’s Government probably more publicity than it has received […]
A Few Questions for the Health Minister
Dear Minister Ong Firstly my commiserations on missing out on becoming the interim seat-warmer in waiting (at least until your boss LHL, whom you served loyally as PPS from 2002 […]
Move Over Putin’s Russia! Lee Hsien Loong’s Singapore Should Be the King of the Economist’s Crony Capitalism Index
A few days ago the Economist updated its Crony Capitalism Index, for the first time since the newspaper brought it out in 2016. The intention of the index was to […]
The Ricebowl Singapore (TRS) 