What is the Real Surplus?
It appears that our Budget Cash Surplus has fallen off a cliff. The Budget Cash Surplus for FY2012, which was shown as $36.1 billion a year ago, is now stated […]
Did Lee Hsien Loong breach the Ministerial Code of Conduct?
I made the following posts on Facebook at midnight on Friday. I have now decided to put the posts up on my blog to answer some online comments I am […]
Hri Kumar’s and the PAP’s Unconstructive Politics.
On 18 June Hri Kumar, MP for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC and Senior Counsel, put up a post on his Facebook page presenting me in a false and wholly negative light […]
8 (Intellectually) Dishonest Things About Hri Kumar’s Honest Conversation
Hri Kumar: “Any change to the CPF system would mean taking from one group and giving to another.” Why is this Dishonest? This is the usual PAP trick of presenting […]
When immigration stops being the elephant in the room and becomes the great white shark in your parliament.
On April 23 the Straits Times (ST) hosted a roundtable to sit around and discuss a survey of people’s perceptions of key policies, three years after the 2011 General Election. The panelists […]
In PM Lee’s Coalition “Naive” is the new “Daft”.
Many readers will have seen PM Lee’s recent “Lunch with the Financial Times” interview. That interview was no doubt aimed at a UK or global audience but actually it is vitally important for us […]
Temasek Loses the Plot
Last week I pointed out * that it made no sense for Temasek to pay a huge premium for Olam’s equity when Olam’s short-term debt refinancing was likely to be problematical, […]
Questions for the Prime Minister’s Wife on Temasek’s Olam Acquisition
My suspicions were raised yesterday by the news that Temasek has put up $2.1 billion dollars to buy out any remaining shares they do not already own in Singaporean commodities […]
Madame L from Pioneer Generation Package to Cardboard Collecting Pittance
IMG_0193 With Budget 2014 fresh in our minds I thought that now would be a good time to update my readers on the case of Madam L. You can read […]
The Ricebowl Singapore (TRS) 