Is it possible for HDB to change their 30 year loan to a 99 year loan?
Dear The Real Singapore,Today I am going to touch on a issue. HDB Pricing.It came to my mind today we are leasing a flat from the government, say recently I went to apply for a HDB the cost that I be...
View ArticleAccording to Democracy Index 2012, Singapore is classified as an Hybrid Regime
<above pic: click to enlarge, you can see that Singapore is a yellow dot below Malaysia which is light green>Dear The Real Singapore,Thought your readers might be interested to know this. This...
View ArticleMFA Spends $200k to Teach PRC Government Officials English for 12 weeks
Previously, my TRS piece exposed Mindef spending more than $25K of Singaporean's money on a PRC Officers.Click on: MINDEF Spends $25k of Your Money to Teach English to One PRC Military OfficerThe...
View ArticleS'poreans should give thanks to Mr Lee Kuan Yew while he is still healthy
We should pay recognitions to the contributions that Mr. Lee Kuan Yew has made to Singapore; and do so while he is still conscious enough to appreciate it. We can do it in so many ways:Celebrate his...
View ArticleIt is not sexist to say that men and women have different roles to play in a...
I refer to the report “Ministries studying feedback on relationship workshop” (Oct 9). The main critique levelled at Focus on the Family Singapore was, ironically, that it “seemed to emphasise and...
View ArticleDon't let Police investigations into protesters distract us from the CPF issue
We refer to the article “POLICE VISIT PROTEST ORGANISERS’ HOMES AT MIDNIGHT TO DEMAND THEY COME IN FOR QUESTIONING" (therealsingapore, Oct 10).CPF’s main issue?How much money are Singaporeans losing...
View ArticlePAP MP Alvin Yeo and the urgent need for accountability in the PAP government
[Guest article contributed by a PAP activist]I refer to the article posted on TRS: "COURT RULES THAT LAWYER, PAP MP ALVIN YEO OVERCHARGED $1 MILLION IN LEGAL FEES"The People’s Action Party has governed...
View ArticleResponse Article to "TRS readers shouldn't blindly blame PAP for everything"
Riposte to a Concerned CitizenA few days ago, mister or miss Concerned Citizen wrote a long and almost heartfelt plea to TRS readers, saying that we shouldn’t blindly blame the PAP for everything....
View ArticleThe Truth about the new Pioneer Generation card
We have heard much and the hype on the Pioneer Generation card on the press and on TV that is used to help and thank our pioneers for their contributions by giving medical subsidiaries to the seniors....
View Article假设您被警方拉去警察局问话您需要知道些什么基本常识?
Article written by: Teo Soh Lung (English)Translated by: Ong Sooi Eng ( Chinese) 假设您被警方拉去警察局问话您需要知道些什么基本常识?合格律师张素兰小姐(Ms.Teo Soh Lung)这里给所有积极参与社会改革运动者的提供一些温馨提示:请示教。Just in case more people are being...
View ArticleJBJ - How it should have been
There he stood, Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam. Settled in a corner with his back toward the wall, a pile of his self written books neatly piled next to him.He was a little hunched over, but I have never...
View ArticleWere Singaporean Students and Professors Sacrificed for NTU's Top Rankings?
Singaporeans are Collateral Damage forTop Universities Rankings. Was it Worth it?“NTU heads QS' list of top 50 universities …” according to London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), one of three...
View ArticleNParks director was acting outside of his authority when he revoked the...
I refer to the editorial “Permit for #Return Our CPF protest was revoked” (TR Emeritus, Oct 11).It states that “TR Emeritus (TRE) has confirmed that the investigation of several activists involved in...
View ArticleMOE must explain if 'Focus On The Family' is spreading conservative Christian...
I refer to the report “Hwa Chong to design its own workshops in future” (Oct 10). Following an internal investigation, the school concluded that the facilitators of the relationship workshop were...
View ArticleHong Kong’s Reverse Mortgage: Govt guarantees and pays back any loan shortfall?
Hong Kong’s reverse mortgageFurther to our article “Reverse mortgage: Other countries also low take-up?” (Oct 5), let’s look at Hong Kong’s reverse mortgage scheme.According to its web siteGovt...
View ArticleInsecure Politicians
The ruling party has made it clear many times by telling the opposition parties that they are not there to help them get into Parliament. The opposition parties must work for it to win the votes of the...
View ArticlePM Lee doesn't understand that wages must keep up with inflation
I am seriously worried of how PAP, especially PM Lee, talk about wages. They have given very misleading concept and signals to employers, unions and workers about "wage increase only productivity...
View ArticlePAP governmentt’s money-grabbing culture adds to our cost of living
By increasing the VEP for Malaysian goods vehicles, LTA has contributed to the cost of living in Singapore. Already we are the world’s most expensive country but LTA is making the situation worse with...
View ArticleStudents should stop studying in cafes!
I am writing to all you students on why it is not okay to study in Starbucks or Coffee Bean. The two most popular coffee chains in Singapore, as we all know.I will not bother to type them in point form...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to the PAP: Your silence on Alvin Yeo's overcharging is deafening
On 1st October 2014, Alvin Yeo Khirn Hai, the PAP MP for Choa Chu Kang GRC was found guilty of overcharging Dr Susan Lim by the High Court. While acting for the Singapore Medical Council, he had...
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