Top 10 Foreigners That Singaporeans Love to Hate
I refer to "SG Passport - Sports Talents Nothing More than Exchange Services". Click on http://www.therealsingapore.com/content/sg-passport-most-our-foreign-sports-talent-nothing-more-exchange-services...
View ArticleSince PM said SG belongs to Foreigners then I urge all NSman to skip their...
Dear Mr Lee Hsien Loong,I refer to the article: "PM LEE: SG BELONGS TO EVERYONE HERE - CITIZENS, PRS AND FOREIGNERS TOO"If the content of the above article is true and the speeches are made from you, I...
View ArticleAllow emergency withdrawal of CPF funds for special cases
The Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board should consider allowing emergency withdrawals for genuine cases.A friend of mine was a successful businessman until his family’s fortunes overseas were affected...
View ArticleHow do we decide who "fits in" or who is "out of place" in Singapore
Written by: Dr Jeremy Lim The author is a partner in a global consulting firm. At a recent Fulbright Association of Singapore annual dinner, a rapt audience listened to Citi head of ASEAN Michael Zink...
View ArticleThe thinking of a non nation state
Andrew Loh wrote an article, ‘More foreigners to be police officers’ in the Online Citizen. His article highlighted the growing number of foreigners employed in the SPF and the Auxiliary Police as well...
View ArticleCitizenship should be based on more than just economic contributions
The reporter had asked how many months did it take for Foo Mee Har citizenship application to be processed and approved, and she had answered, "In weeks, in days, actually... very fast!"That has to...
View ArticleHave our local Churches lost touch of basic Christian values?
*photo for illustration purposes onlyDear The Real Singapore,I am Mr Ng I need your help to post this thanks .I have been visiting different churches recently . We are intending to make articles...
View ArticleGoldman Sach's Hiring Policy: Affirmative action for LGBTs
Legally, employment law has both private and public dimensions. Recently, the role of "sexual orientation" in employment came into the spotlight with commencement and discontinuation of the action by...
View ArticleMah Bow Tan's 20/20 vision
Everybody and his dog are excited about Mah Bow Tan’s new found wealth. The newly-released 2013 annual report shows that Mah owns (as at 18 Mar 2014) 365,575,000 shares in Global Strategic Holdings...
View ArticleGerman Media interviewed a Singaporean on why he thinks PM Lee should resign
A correspondent from German press agency had send me an email asking some questions with regards to the PAP government and it's immigration policy. Below are the questions and my personal view. 1) What...
View ArticleTime for corporal punishment in schools?
MS CATHERINE Ng's letter ("Timely reminder for 'monster parents'"; last Saturday) reminds me of similar stories I frequently hear from friends whose spouses or children are school teachers.It...
View Article5 Reasons Why Forming a Coalition Government is Good for Singapore
Dr Tan Cheng Bock raised this issue about a Coalition government being formed in GE2015 when there is no clear majority. Click on...
View ArticleFirst World economy with Third World costs?
We refer to the article “Singapore ‘can’t have First World economy, Third World costs’: Lim Hng Kiang” (Straits Times, May 6).Cannot be First World economy with Third World costs?It states that “”We...
View ArticleBefore deciding on hiring foreigners as cops, consider these issues
I read with concern the report “Number of foreigners as police officers is ‘for society to decide’” (May 3).Certain issues should be considered and addressed properly before the Home Affairs Ministry...
View ArticlePlease love us Mr Prime Minister, we are your children
Dear Mr Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong,I refer to your declaration at the Indian new year festival celebrated over last weekend and reported via zeenews that “”Singaporeans, new arrivals, people who...
View ArticleThe Top 8 Lies Women Tell Men
Like men, women tell lies. Most of the time, though, these are little white lies, half-truths told to keep the peace. Other times, their lies are a little bigger — say, for example, when the subject is...
View ArticleProtest Letter to Philippines Embassy in Singapore
I have sent the following protest letter to the Ambassador H.E.Minda Calaguian-Cruz to urge her to stop sponsoring PIDC's planned public celebration of Philippines Independence Day at Orchard Road....
View ArticleIron Law of Meritocracy
Hunter College High School in Manhattan, USA, sounds just like one of our premier schools, for which parents will change addresses and run their kids through the torturous circuit of tuition centers to...
View ArticleSingapore: First World Economy, First World Costs, Third World Everything Else
At the Europe Day celebration organised by the European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham) yesterday, Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang said, “We have to acknowledge that, over time, Singapore...
View ArticleThe real reason behind recruiting foreigners as police officers and the...
During a Police Workplan Seminar on May 2, the question of recruiting foreigners as police officers was brought up during a dialogue with about 200 junior college and polytechnic students.Question: If...
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