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Is this the Singapore for Singaporeans
Read the case of a 43 year old Singaporean with a BA from NUS and a MBA from a UK university. He was forced to leave his job and had 19 years of corporate experience. He has a family to feed. He sent...
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Training surveys useless – Its the pay ‘stupid’?
We refer to the article “More workers report positive outcomes from national skills training framework” (Straits Times, Jun 11).81% didn’t get pay raise?It states that “A greater proportion of workers...
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I am shocked by the comments made by Nicole Seah on the 'Roy VS PM Lee' saga
I refer to the article: "NICOLE SEAH: THE WHOLE 'ROY VS PM LEE' SAGA HAS BEEN BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION"I have to admit I was somewhat surprised by her nonchalant attitude towards it.Coming from a...
View ArticleWhy did panel decide not to raise NS allowance?
I am happy that new conscripts and operationally-ready national servicemen alike will be better rewarded (“Recommendations ‘strengthen NS for future generations’”; June 11).I wonder, though, why one of...
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On S377A and gay rights in Singapore
Sadness.I will once again not be in Singapore for this year’s Pink Dot celebration, scheduled for 5pm, June 28th at Hong Lim Park (see here).Aside from being our biggest civil demonstration, and...
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Parents doing grassroots work for Primary 1 priority
From ‘Stricter Primary 1 priority rules for grassroots workers’, 12 June 2014, article by Pearl Lee, STPARENTS who become grassroots volunteers in the hope of getting priority for their children in the...
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CPF: Can the government protect stupid people from their own stupidity?
Hello everyone. I have had a lot of traffic to my blog further to my last post on the CPF minimum sum issue, I would just like to do a follow up and answer a question by someone who left a comment on...
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The Economist: A butterfly on a wheel
ROY NGERNG YI LING does not look like a dangerous radical. An affable, earnest, rather wonkish 33-year-old, he was until June 10th a “patient co-ordinator” in one of Singapore’s public hospitals. He...
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Catherine Lim - A follow-up on the letter to PM Lee
Background Story: CATHERINE LIM: AN OPEN LETTER TO PM LEE In the past week, my open letter to the PM generated tremendous interest not only on my website but on other media sites as well. Since I could...
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Defamation: Remember Chiam sued and won
When the PM claimed in parliament that PAP ministers and MP are people of integrity and beyond reproach, I had my doubts thinking only with my gut. I couldn't come up with any examples to the contrary...
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The CPF is a good scheme if….
The CPF was a good scheme and can continue to be a good scheme with many people happily putting their life savings into it. What needs to be done is to modify the terms with more elements of options...
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Tweaks don't tackle core issues
THE People's Association (PA) did not reply to my earlier letter which questioned its policy of giving priority to the children of their grassroots volunteers in the Primary 1 registration exercise...
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Labour market report shows increase in job vacancies, but unemployment up?
The Labour Market First Quarter 2014 report has just been published by the Ministry of Manpower. The report points out in its key findings that unemployment remained low, although it edged up slightly...
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PM Lee got Roy fired, maybe we should fire him!
I refer to TRS article “Roy Ngerng fired from Tan Tock Seng Hospital for “improper public conduct”. This is not surprising because PAP has all the while been engaged in destructive politics. So much...
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Dear The Real Singapore, I am currently in Singapore and seeking asylum
Dear The Real Singapore,I am a human rights writer. I have been writing about the struggles of the aboriginal people in Australia and Canada. But I have been facing extreme hardships due to my writings...
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Reading The Future - Peasants' Outcries
In history, often it is about being in the right place, at the right time. Can anyone point out how many things in politics and society are in black and white other than perhaps mathematics and the...
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Our Expectations are not unrealistic
I refer to the 3 Jun 2014 Straits Times letter “Expectations need to be realistic” by Mr Benjamin Chow Kok Fai.Mr Chow laments the political challenge of satisfying rising citizen expectations. No Mr...
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Govt says CPF stops us wasting our money, but they brought in all the...
The government always keeps insisting that the CPF forces Singaporeans to save and prevents us from squandering away our money so that we can retire with peace of mind.However, it is actually the...
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Straits Times Is Still Very Annoying
Let me take you through the steps chronologically.1: The South China Morning Post published a report quoting Catherine Lim’s letter.They also mentioned Jason Chua, which is pretty embarrassing. The...
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The CPF Scheme that had me Decide Enough Was Enough
You may not believe this. I'll share this little snippet with you anyway. Do whatever you want with the information or just treat it as a fairy tale if you think it's a load of bullshit. It doesn't...
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