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Skepticism about the Progressive Wage Model in Singapore
AT FIRST glance, the security tripartite cluster's proposals appear to belatedly uplift the welfare of security officers ("Higher wages for security guards from September 2016"; Oct 30), but a closer...
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CPF(no)Life scheme – 18% CPF members aged above 55 dead before reaching 65
Is the CPF Life scheme for the living? According to ICA statistics, the answer is clearly ‘no’. Every year, almost 3000 Singapore residents above 55 will be dead before they can even receive one cent...
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S377A ruling contradicts Government Position on Equality
The Court of Appeal’s recent ruling upholding Section 377A of the Penal Code as constitutional affects primarily the gay, lesbian, bisexual and queer community. However, it also has interesting...
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THINK AGAIN! Controlling The Narrative
“The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.” Philip K. Dick...
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S'porean Cold Storage Manager being Bullied by 7 Pinoys shows why Foreigners...
I refer to the article: "LOCAL SINGAPOREAN MANAGER AT COLD STORAGE BULLIED BY 7 FILIPINO COLLEAGUES"As a true blue born & bred in Singapore Singaporean, I am sad, angry and dismay to read that a...
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Please Help me, I am constantly Harassed by Pro-PAP Supporters
Dear TRS,Ever since I have contested in Ang Mo Kio GRC in 2011, I have been a victim of online harassment from pro-PAP supporters because I have been actively criticizing the PAP openly. As a proponent...
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Tanjong Pagar TC’s Deficit is 5 times more than Aljunied?
I refer to the editorial “Desmond Lee, all town councils run deficits” (TR Emeritus, Nov 17).Criticism on Aljunied’s operating deficitIt states that “Desmond Lee, the Minister of State for National...
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Chee Soon Juan - Super Talents are Wholesome Goodness
I read many comments in social media, needless to say anything about the msm, of views that Chee Soon Juan is a rash young man. Many still remember how he challenged Chok Tong with the remark, ‘Where...
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Govt grants to Aljunied decreased 73% after PAP lost to WP?
The final “nail in the coffin”?Further to my articles “Tanjong Pagar TC’s deficit 5 times more than Aljunied?” (Nov 17) and “Aljunied’s surplus transferred to sinking fund when PAP lost to WP?” (Nov...
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Singapore must Uphold Family Unit as Basic Societal Building Block
The Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) has claimed that the Court of Appeal’s recent ruling upholding Section 377A of the Penal Code contradicts Singapore’s international obligations...
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Who is in Charge of Carpark CCTVs?
IN AUGUST, my car was damaged in a hit-and-run accident while parked at an HDB carpark.I made a police report, and a month later, I called back to check on the status. I was told that the town council...
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Indonesian Police Criticised Over Virginity Tests for Women
Human Rights Watch Tuesday (Nov 18) urged Indonesia's national police to halt "discriminatory" virginity tests for women applying to join the force in the world's most populous Muslim-majority...
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Why White Men Marry Asian Women and Asian Men Don't Marry White Women
By Vesko CholakovI studied abroad at the National University of Singapore for a semester my sophomore year. I couldn’t help but notice a peculiar trend: My white male friends were fascinated with the...
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The Coming of Humble, HDB-type Prime Minister in Singapore?
Despite high economic growth in the past 50 years, the PAP has yet to find solutions for housing and inequality problems [#1]. In future, when our economy enters sustainable growth, it will be even...
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Singapore's Airlines will Always Lose out to AirAsia because of a Lack of...
I expressed my pleasure that SG's govt-linked corpseratons are being trashed in my sept blogpost: Why AirAsia can Trash Singapore Airlines, Tigerair & Scoot. That blogpost's perspective is on...
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A sound advice is adults should never hit children out of reactions
I'm referring to this article "if he loses hearing, I'll just pay compensation" (Asiaone, 17 Nov 2014), and from Stomp "Man arrested after allegely slapping 3-year-old kid at Toa Payoh" (17 Nov...
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Singapore-Malaysia Ties Have Grown Closer But How Will it be in Future?
The tight global economic competition formed between Malaysia and Singapore is finally a thing of the past. The two countries have now found ways to settle their disputes and differences...
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Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s excuses for not advocating democracy
I refer to the 29 Oct 2014 Straits Times report “PM Lee on democracy: Asian states must find own way”.Politics operating differently in Asia or complicatedness of Asian countries are just PM Lee’s...
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Hundreds of Thousands of Responses to REACH Over the Years, But Still No Action?
“Retirement adequacy received the most feedback”We refer to the article “Retirement adequacy tops feedback received by REACH” (Channel NewsAsia, Nov 18).39,000 responses in 10 monthsIt states that “The...
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Conman Represents Himself in Court and Impresses the Judge with his Knowledge...
A former yoghurt store worker decided to represent himself in court in the appeal hearing of his earlier sentence of 6 years corrective training for a charge of cheating and forgery as well as a few...
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