Dear SM Lee Which Singapore Are You Referring To When You Talk About Immigration Being Essential to Our Survival?
A few days ago you spoke at a ceremony for 200 new citizens. You trotted out the usual cliches about immigration being essential, indeed existential, to Singapore’s survival. and how […]
Dear Lawrence Wong, Until You Provide Some Transparency Over the Reserves and the Surplus There’s No Reason to Believe Your Claims That the GST Hike Was Needed
Yesterday the PM defended the GST hikes in Parliament after Pritam Singh said they had “turbocharged” inflation. The GST hikes were generally quickly reflected in higher prices, given the oligopolistic […]
It’s Heartbreaking That Many Foreign Workers Have Inadequate Insurance for Cancer and Other Catastrophic Illnesses.However Budget 2025, Trumpeted by Lawrence Wong as Leaving No Singaporean Behind, Continues to Leave Many Singaporeans in the Same Boat
Today I read a heartbreaking account in state media mouthpiece CNA about foreign workers who keep quiet when they get early symptoms of life threatening illnesses such as cancer because […]
As the Supply of BTO Flats Ramps Up, Singaporeans Need to Ask Whether PAP’s HDB Policy Is in Fact a Thinly Disguised Swindle Designed to Transfer Their Wealth to the Reserves
Desmond Lee, whom I excoriated in my last post for claiming that the minority residents of West Coast GRC were well served by the remaining majority race MPs after Iswaran […]
Why the PAP’s Mercantilist Philosophy Aimed at Accumulating Reserves is Impoverishing Singaporeans
Recently an article appeared in the Wall Street Journal entitled “There’s a China-Shaped Hole in the Global Economy”. This drew attention to how China’s desire to restrict domestic consumption to […]
Dear Lawrence Wong Please Don’t Plagiarise Ronald Reagan. If Singapore’s Best Days Lie Ahead It Won’t Be Because of the PAP
I read through your maiden speech and struggle to comprehend how even your media monopoly, paid for with Singaporeans’ money, can call this a major reset. For a government that […]
Why PAP Cries of Shame and Nativism Are Disingenuous
View Post I’m writing this in response to the recent controversy that has erupted following Lim Tean’s comments on a Vietnamese girl’s post and the attempt by the PAP to […]
Kenneth Jeyaretnam: Statement in Response to Accusations Published in Singapore State Media
I refer to the CNA article published 04 July 2024, “Kenneth Jeyaretnam given 8th POFMA order, under police probe over possible offences under contempt laws” This article portrays me, and […]
While Singaporean Pundits May Fixate on the Unexpected Fall in NODX, the Real Story is the Alarming Long Term Drop in Consumption and Rise in Net Exports as a Percentage of GDP
Enterprise Singapore recently published data showing a year-on-year decline in Non-Oil Domestic Exports (NODX) of 20.7% in March, which was significantly worse than most economists expected. This was made worse […]
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