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All Singapore Employers Should Read This
<above pic: regular TRS contributor Alex Tan>Due to the loose labor market caused by the influx of foreigners, Singapore employers are highly demanding and very choosy when it comes to hiring....
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No matter how hard TRS tries to show the 'truth' about PAP, nothing will change!
I am not a PAP supporter.The discussions you guys are having now and the points brought up were brought up back in 2004 when I was on this forum writing the same things.At that time I was in the...
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10 Reasons why Lee Kuan Yew deserves to get 16k/month for doing nothing
Dear Han Ming (TRS reader),Oh, do let me list a few answers to your question...1. Because I have a roof of my own over my head?2. Because most if not all of my family and friends have a roof of their...
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这是新加坡的问题所在,您愿意正视它吗?
The original article in English, ‘This is What is Wrong in Singapore. Now, are You Willing to See It?‘, can be found...
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Aljunied Resident's Open Letter to Sylvia Lim
Subject: Corporate Governance in Aljunied, or lack thereof Dear Ms Lim, I am an accountant and I live in Aljunied. The Worker’s Party took over the town council in Aljunied in 2011. You are a small...
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PAP has Never Been so Vulnerable
What is left of the PAP after 50 years in power? Superficially there is still a little fading glory of the past to hang on for a while. There is still some historical evidence to claim it has done good...
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Survey Results Shared by Mainstream Media Are Meaningless
If you have been following news reports recently, you might be a very confused person by now. I am referring to surveys done by various agencies which are described as "global information" companies...
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“Pervasive climate of intimidation” in Singapore?
I refer to the article “Minister of State Sam Tan counters political exile Ho Juan Thai’s account of why he fled Singapore in 1976“ (Straits Times, Nov 10).It states that “In a commentary titled “The...
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Why Donating Money for Foreign Workers’ Medical Bills is the Wrong Approach
Background Story: Local Firm Fundraises for Worker's Cancer Treatment after MOM says Send Him Home to DieI’m going to upset a lot of people here and come across as a heartless B*****d but here goes!...
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GIC has been speculating with our CPF
GIC is not the long term investor as the PAP government would like CPF members to believe its propaganda.It is not acceptable that our $264 billion CPF investments have remained undisclosed for more...
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Joining Politics should not be a 'Non-Realistic' Decision
When one enters politics, I think he needs to bear in mind that he is making a 'non-realistic' decision. Because if he were to be realistic, he should, as our dear leaders say, "join the private work...
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A Lie Called Progressive Wage Model
We hear about Progressive Wage Model all the time in Singapore and this "newly invented system" is only found in Singapore. Wages in Singapore have always taken a double beating - influx of foreigners...
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Reconsider Classification of Children as Legitimate or Illegitimate
The Social and Family Development Ministry stated recently that the Government provides support and benefits for the care and development of all Singaporean children, regardless of their mother’s...
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Singapore Laws are conceived to advantage the government and businesses
<pic credit: AFP>If you look at our laws. They have always veered toward the government and businesses. God forbid, if you let customers have a greater weight in the scale of justice or even a...
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TodayOnline Writer: Banning shisha, but not cigarettes, a justified move
While there appears to be an inconsistency in the approach towards shisha and cigarettes, there are justifications for banning shisha, while only imposing taxes on cigarettes. (“Banning shisha but not...
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Cost of living in Singapore (For Expats Only: No Singaporeans Please)
[WARNING: THIS POST IS INTENDED TO BE READ BY FOREIGNERS LIVING IN SINGAPORE ONLY]Singapore has low income tax rates, so your net income will probably be larger than back home in any country. When...
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Unethical Business Practices are still Legal
‘Mr Iswaran said that he agreed that the sales tactics employed (by rogue merchants) are unfair to buyers and that "we must not let such unethical practices tarnish Singapore's hard-earned reputation"....
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Army Officers Always Screw Up When They Are Out of the Army
Meet the CEO of Singapore League, Lim Chin. He was a former colonel and Chief of Artillery under the Singapore Armed Force. Nobody knows on what merit he became appointed to manage the Singapore...
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Caning and Other Unethical Punishments From When You Were a Kid
For those born before or in the early 1990s, have you ever been caned by your parents or by teachers when you were just a kid or teenager? Back in your school days, have you witnessed punishments meted...
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CPF: Lost more than $100 billion over the years in Bad Investments?
I refer to Phillip Ang’s article “GIC has been speculating with our CPF” (TR Emeritus, Nov 14).It states that “It is not acceptable that CPF’s $264 billion investments have remain undisclosed for more...
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