Will Mrs Lee Get a Huge Bonus on the Back of Temasek’s Results?
There was a palpable sense of self-congratulation in Temasek’s announcement of its latest results a few days ago. Taken at face value, Temasek’s latest results for the year to 31 […]
Kuek Kuek Slow
State media today commented that SMRT could be hit with a $50 million fine for Tuesday’s service breakdown. This might look like an impressively draconian penalty but it is really […]
Why Do the Greeks Resoundingly Reject Austerity Yet Singaporeans Embrace It?
On Sunday Greece’s voters overwhelmingly rejected the latest terms offered to them by their Eurozone creditors for rescheduling their huge debt mountain. With Greece’s debt to GDP ratio at 170% […]
Has Lee Hsien Loong been damaged in his private capacity? More importantly has he damaged Singapore as the PM?
Lee Hsien Loong and his lawyers were in court today at the beginning of the hearing to determine what damages Roy Ngerng had to pay him (see the report from […]
Singaporeans Would Be Much Angrier If They Knew How Much SingTel’s CEO Was Really Getting
Many Singaporeans, particularly Singtel customers, at the pay raise given to Ms Chua Sock Koong, the CEO. Today Online, owned by fellow Temasek subsidiary, Mediacorp, reported that according to the […]
An Open Letter to the Minister of Finance Concerning the National Productivity Fund
18A Smith Street Singapore 058932 14 May 2015 Tharman Shanmuguratnam Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Finance Ministry of Finance 100 High Street #10-01 The Treasury Singapore 179434 Dear Minister, […]
Will the Taxpayer End Up Subsidizing Ho Ching’s Bonus?
In Budget 2015 the Finance Minister allocated $3 billion towards the construction of the new Terminal 5 at Changi Airport. He stated that he would be setting up a new […]
Exposing the problems with CPF
Exposing CPF and our Sovereign Wealth Funds
The Problem with Husbands and Wives in the WP, in the Ruling Family, in Our Reserves
Over the last few days PAP Ministers and MPs have lined up in Parliament to attack the WP for its lack of transparency and accountability in running AHPETC. As I […]
The Ricebowl Singapore (TRS) 