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Two pieces of good news yesterday
In a trouble world of deceit and treachery when everything is all about self and money, two good pieces of news came out yesterday. The first, Obama has decided to go bombing the IS in Iraq and Syria...
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PAP Branch Chairman at Bedok-Punggol Reservoir Victor Lye is at it again
Victor Lye, the PAP Branch Chairman at Bedok-Punggol Reservoir is at it again.Early this year, he tried to incite unhappiness among the ward's residents against The Workers' Party in the hawker centre...
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20% households spend more than they earn?
We refer to the article “Household incomes up, rising most for the bottom fifth” and ”Resident households spending rose, on higher quality and more expensive goods, services” (Straits Times, Sep...
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Security officers deserve your respect too!
<photo for illustration only>Dear TRS,I would wish to share and spread this message regarding security industry and the public. I personally find that the public do not respect and take security...
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Dear TRS, SingPost gave out my personal details to a total stranger!
Dear TRS, Singpost today gave a stranger my brother's personal contact number AND ADDRESS when she (the stranger) called up the Singpost hotline asking for the whereabouts of her package (which we did...
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Taxi woes a reflection of Singaporean naivety
Recently, discussion had been on taxi woes in Singapore. Passengers & cabbies both offer solutions to resolve this issue but the authority tend to maintain silence on this. This problem is uniquely...
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Ten affordable cities for retirement within a budget of $1k a month
1. China - Wuhan - I travelled to this second tier city in the Hubei province every weekend when I taught Business English in another third tier city at Jingmen few years back.It has a population of 12...
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Jobs: 349,000 to locals, 774,900 to foreigners and 479,434 to new PRs &...
More difficult to analyse labour statistics?After analysing labour statistics for the last 15 years or so – We must say that it is becoming increasingly difficult.Allow us to elaborate, with an example...
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Rethink undergrad studies abroad for public scholars
I refer to Professor Philip Holden’s commentary “University rankings: A need for critical reflection” (Sept 17).I share his sentiments that the public must discern how the ranking system is designed...
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Instead of just fining SMRT, the govt should force them to pay commuters!
Our once trusted MRT has broken down again. The breakdown is between Outram and Queenstown MRT Station towards the direction of Joo Koon. I do not know how much SMRT will be fined for this episode...
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Story of a Super-Wealthy Widow Fell into the Trap of a Tour Guide from China
Please see the story I have written on my long time family friend who was cheated of all her possessions by a Chinese tour guide, Yang Yin. Yang is unemployed but is now rich enough to enjoy a...
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Can AVA keep out radioactive Fukushima food when it let in tainted oil...
Recently, AVA recalls 6 Taiwanese food products that could be tainted with gutter oil. See: Two food products recalled in Singapore following ‘tainted oil’ scandalAbout 2 weeks ago, AVA almost...
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Why some older generation regard PAP as the best
USING absolutely ZERO cent of their own money, they are using EVERY cent Tax money to do ‘good’ for the people who tend to give them Points for doing ‘Good’. This is absolutely a vote pulling...
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The PAP's primary concern is not YOU
In 2012, after the Hougang By-Elections, Tharman Shanmugaratnam said of Desmond Choo:"He did not leave after the GE (but) worked even harder on the ground."He described Desmond Choo as "someone you can...
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Dear TRS, I want to break my poverty cycle in Singapore and migrate to Australia
My parents are still working, my mom at 55 as a cleaner and my father at 63 as a delivery driver. They raised me up to poly and and I eventually worked and saved for a degree.However, even though I...
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Govt introduces even more work councils but income still decreased over last...
3 articles in 1 day on new focus on skills upgrading?We refer to the articles “New SkillsFuture Council to ensure workers are equipped with right skills“, “Firms, unions and Govt to identify key skills...
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4 new engineers in my department – all Foreign Talents
Muslim Reservist:September 16, 2014 at 10:20 am (Quote)My colleague showed a newspaper heading, that 80% of jobs go to Singaporean. While we know at my department, 4 new engineers are all foreigners. 2...
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Why Singaporeans who look long term dislike the People's Association
This is a blatant abused of the People’s Association. The PA is a statutory board not a corollary of the PAP political party. And yet they have abused the PA to position their candidates or potential...
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Singapore Pools held by Temasek, unlikely to donate more to charitable purposes?
Our regular insider ES, sent us the following Hansard links which were “startling”, if not “revealing”:03-03-1982 Parliament reportsMr Yeo Choo Kok asked the Minister for Finance (a) what were the...
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Hong Kongers dare to tell off PRCs who misbehave but S'poreans are cowards
Dear TRS,I just saw a clip posted by you, re a Singapore wished to complain about 2 PRC women for eating on the MRT train:...
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