US media can be skewed when it comes to Islam
The commentary “Why a beheading makes us feel different” (Sept 17) failed to clarify that the Islamic State is unrepresentative of Islam and account for the context surrounding the group’s rise in the...
View ArticleS'poreans can only blame themselves for this screwed up place they are living...
Dear The Real Singapore, Do you know who is to blame for all these shit? Crazy cost of living, fuckup public transport, over crowding, influx of FT with their bad culture like shitting and scamming,...
View ArticleRoy Ngerng: You can love your country without having to love your government
昨天我去了(马来西亚柔佛州)新山观看‘星国恋’。这部电影是被新加坡媒体局禁止在新加坡上映的。当您听到新加坡人为了逃避当局的逮捕被迫流亡国外时是一部极其感人的。这是一部感人的影片。Yesterday I went to Johor Bahru to watch 'To Singapore with Love' today, the film banned by MDA. It is very...
View ArticleCheated Singaporeans must demand for a referendum
The Scottish referendum reminds me of the last referendum held in Singapore in 1962 over merger with Malaysia. We were once Malaysian citizens, LOL, but thanks to the impatience and aggressive...
View Article14 years of negative or near 0 wage growth for all job categories?
We refer to the article “Real solutions needed to deal with income inequality, says PM Lee at Singapore Summit” (Sunday Times, Sep 21).Income inequality – concrete solutions, necessary skills, work...
View ArticleAn open letter from Dr Tan, a personal friend of the rich widow cheated by...
[Open Letter written by Dr Tan It Koon forwarded to TRS for republication]My old friend Kathleen Chou cheated of her possessions by Yang Yin a male tourist guide from ChinaKathleen and her deceased...
View ArticleWhy We Should Let Singapore Run the U.S. Airlines
I travel a lot. Over 1.3 million miles on United Airlines, almost as many on Delta, and more than I even know on other carriers ranging from South African Airways to FAT (Far Eastern Air Transport -...
View ArticleRoy Ngerng: Local construction companies are too dependent on cheap foreign...
Someone who works in the construction industry told me that construction companies in Singapore have become over-reliant on overly-cheap labour because of government policies which allow them to do so....
View ArticleOne in five Singapore households can’t make ends meet: Survey
One in five Singapore households can’t make ends meet. The poorest 20 per cent continue to earn less than they have to spend.This was not mentioned by the Straits Times and Today though they both...
View ArticleWe need to create and protect our National Identity
We, just like America, are a country of immigrants, but unlike the Americans where their national identity is freedom, ours is the Singaporean national identity of Singlish, of our way of life, of our...
View ArticleLocal Artist Ivan Heng shares what it’s like to be an openly married gay man...
On being awarded the Cultural Medallion, Singapore’s highest national award for culture and the arts, a journalist asked me whether she could use the term “openly gay” to describe me. A little...
View ArticleMore reasons not to have a degree
Since Hsien Loong and his ministers commented that there was really no need to have a degree to get promoted or to be successful in life, there have been a lot of discussions on this issue. Of course...
View Article6 lessons to learn from China tour guide Yang Yin on how to be a better crook
The curious case of former China tour guide, Yang Yin (杨寅), 40 and his relationship with multi-millionaire widow, Mdm Chung Khin Chun, 87, has been widely reported by the Singapore media, captivating...
View ArticleTRS shouldn't be used by Singaporeans as a venue to shame and harass people
Dear The Real Singapore, When your website and fb page were first opened few years ago, I rejoiced over the pro activeness of fellow Singaporeans to bring societal awareness to the general public....
View ArticleSingapore Prime Minister’s salary up 5,200% since independence
For a country which is only 49 years old, the central message of PAP leaders is ‘greed is good for Singapore’. Just take a look at how political salaries have been increasing like ‘nobody’s...
View ArticlePM Lee talking big about the fight against ISIS
During the stopover in Hong Kong, Lee Hsien Loong said that while he is glad the Americans have taken a stand against the Islamic State militant group, Singapore has yet to decide whether or how it...
View ArticleI Went to M'sia to Watch A Film Made In SG About Singapore’s Political Exiles
Tan Pin Pin’s film ‘To Singapore With Love’ summed up in less than 50 words:a few communists, some ex-PAP men & women, a student activist-turned-Oxford-educated lawyer, a Gaza activist and a folk...
View ArticlePM has absolutely no idea how to tackle income inequality!
From what PM has spoken on how to tackle income inequality, I can clearly see he has NO IDEAS at all!! Currently ALL our problems stem from ONE and only ONE issue – huge influx of cheap labour!! Let me...
View ArticleSingaporeans Earn the Lowest Wages: We are Being Cheated of Our Wages
Dear Singaporeans, I will make this article short – just a few charts and you will see how we are being cheated of our wages.Singapore has one of the highest GDP per capita in the world – the second...
View ArticleYang Yin’s case has proven CPF policies are right
Say what you want, look at it this way, Yang Yin has proven that it is right to assume that those above 55 years, or in the particular case above 80, cannot be trusted with their money. Just a bit of...
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