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Hong Kong Protestors Refuse to Retreat Despite Original Organisers Urging to...
THE original founders of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Occupy movement tearfully have announced they would “surrender” by turning themselves in to police and urged protesters on the streets to retreat.But...
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Malay woman terminated by Alatas Singapore after working for 3 weeks due to...
Dear Sir / Madam,I would like to bring up this matter to your attention.I was just employed by this company last month on the 10th of Nov 2014 as a Receptionist cum Admin Assistant under the accounts...
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Vote for a Real Government, Not CEOs of Singapore Inc
It’s about time Singaporeans take control of our collective destiny and not be fearful, greedy or apathetic come GE 2016.The majority have been voting blindly for politicians who act as though they are...
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Woes of Security Guards in Singapore
Most security agencies are only out to make money! They do not care for the welfare and well being of their security guards! Many are using Malaysian cheap labour to cover their operational costs and...
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PAP Big Gun in Aljunied and Hougang
Lim Boon Heng, the big gun of yesteryears, is seen in a grassroot affair in Aljunied and Hougang, leading a team of freshies that are likely to be the candidates for the next GE. Just my guess. The...
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Scholarships are Special, Scholars are Not
Let me disabuse all scholarship holders, past and present, of the notion that they are special people who in some way deserve to be provided with an expensive free education in prestigious foreign...
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Hsien Loong’s Son should Join the Opposition
Chris K, a blogger said this in TRE. Though his reasoning was different, I think it is a damn good idea. This is really a win win development. From the point of PAP and Hsien Loong, if his son or sons...
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Coming GE: Real problem for the PAP
“GDP is growing, but you can’t eat GDP. You can’t even eat employment. Incomes you can eat, if you spend them,” says the Economist, the PAP’s bible, in a post on the US economy, two days ago.Well going...
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Singapore slides down further in world corruption ranking
Singapore slides down further in world corruption rankingTransparency International, an NGO that studies the extent of corruption globally, has released its latest annual ranking of countries known as...
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Dear TRS, I am Appalled at Singapore's Healthcare Costs!
Dear TRS,Recently, I paid a visit to a dental clinic to have my wisdom teeth extracted. I currently reside in Australia and decided to visit Singapore to use what's left of my Medisave account to pay...
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Singapore’s ‘Battle for Merger’ Revisited
The merger issue2015 is the fiftieth anniversary of Singapore’s separation after almost two years of being part of the Federation of Malaysia (16 September 1963 – 9 August 1965). The event is marked as...
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Smart City Comes too Late
I was at MBFC before 8am and someone shouted at me. I turned around to see a grouchy face of a very unhappy man. ‘Brother, no market this morning. Market will open at 12.30pm.’ And he was on his way...
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Can CPF Interest Rates be Higher? (Part 1)
At its introduction in 1955, the objective of the CPF was for the providing of retirement funds when an ordinary wage earning individual reaches age 55. The government of the day was to be entrusted...
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Going Hysterical over SGX Glitches
Everyone is showing how concerned they are over the second stoppage of SGX as if the end of the world is coming. Actually it was nothing more than a pimple. What should be really serious are the dying...
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61 Passengers Stranded for Over an Hour after Sentosa Express Stalled
The Sentosa Express train stalled on Thursday night trapping the 61 passengers inside for over an hour.The incident happened around 11:30pm on the tracks headed to VivoCity between Imbiah and Beach...
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An Education Centre or Snake Oil Selling Centre
We promote our City as a regional education centre. We allow all kinds of schools and universities to set up shops here to teach and to issue certificates, diplomas and degrees. Is there a need for...
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Why SGX Keeps on Messing-up? Too many FT Cooks in the Kitchen?
It has three FTs in the most impt areas:– CEO is ang moh FT, brought in for his tech expertise;– president (COO) is Indian FT (Anyone knows his background?); and– Chief Operations and Technology...
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Unfair that retirees with private property cannot buy HDB flats
I refer to Mrs Joanne Tan’s letter “Retirees with property have other options besides HDB flats” (Nov 21).Rich retirees obviously have options. In fact, they have many options, as pointed out by Mrs...
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Drowned Malaysian Couple Found Locked in Embrace
A young couple were locked in an embrace when their bodies were retrieved from an irrigation canal Sungai Besar in Selangor.District Superintendent Nor Azmi Isa said a passerby who spotted the bloated...
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My Response to a New Citizen who called the Reform Party a Racist Party
Dear TRS, I came across these screenshots (see attached) taken by a PAP supporter, Nyan Lynn Ang, showing comments he made on the facebook page of the Reform Party on November 21, 2014. Nyan is a...
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