It comes as no surprise that when the Government of Singapore, currently ruled by the People’s Action Party, announced that they intend to raise Ministers’ pay by another astronomical figure, it caused a wave of uproar among many rational citizens.
I don’t intend to reiterate the discussions and reports that have raged across the Internet over [...]
I am against all forms of censorship. Period. Not in this day and age in our modern society anyway. I mean, sure, there could be some causes for concern due to the multi-racial, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic background of our fragile country, or there are concerns that our children might end up as sex maniacs due to [...]
I quote from Today Online – ‘the Government will have to significantly increase its healthcare and social assistance spending over the next few years. This could be financed by raising the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from the current 5 per cent to 7 per cent. In 2004-05 alone, GST yielded $3.5 billion under the [...]
Just a gentle reminder of the frivolous use of the nation’s money.
Temasek’s letter to editor (Source: The Nation)
Published on Oct 17, 2006
Dear Editor
There has been a lot of speculation in the media on Temasek’s investment in Shin Corp. We would like to clarify our investment philosophy.
As an investment house anchored in Asia, we [...]
With the recent debacle on the wastage of the country’s money on various investments overseas, and the prospects of criminal charges being pressed on Government-held Temasek Holdings, I cannot help but wonder how much of our money is being wasted every day. Needless to say, such evidence would be hard to find or produce, since [...]
Old news, but I just thought it necessary to highlight posts made in overseas papers that were either not reported, or kept under low profiles, in the local newspapers.
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=54852
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/10/12/headlines/headlines_30015988.php
http://tomorrow.sg/archives/2006/10/03/telecom_deal_by_singapore_roused.html
http://singabloodypore.blogspot.com/2006/10/temasek-may-lose-heavily-on-sale.html
http://www.singapore-window.org/sw06/060327sm.htm
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Past work is proof of future capabilities? Trust the same bunch of people to lead Singapore each and every single election? Really?
My wife directed me to this blog which I found interesting. We are so much in need of the alternative view rather than being brain-washed by those government-controlled media we now have:
http://mindbloggingstuff.blogspot.com/2006/04/does-singapore-have-clean-government.html
I just had to re-publish this article written by Dr Catherine Lim about 12 years ago.
The PAP and the people – A Great Affective Divide
By Catherine Lim
IT IS no secret that while the PAP Government has inspired in the people much respect for its efficiency and much gratitude for the good life as a result [...]
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If Singapore were a corporation, it would be called Lee & Lee Pte Ltd, where the directors all have the surnames Lee, the CEO and C-whatever too. The corporation would have yellow boxes in tiny little corners, where people who smoke and don’t really smoke gather to discuss office politics in hushed tones. In the [...]
