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HDB and Private Home Prices Fall for 5 Consecutive Quarters
Private home prices fall 4% in 2014: URAPrices of private residential property dropped 4.0 percent for the whole of 2014, revealed flash estimates of the URA price index.In the last quarter of 2014,...
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Communism in Singapore: Is this the Past or Future That is Calling?
Communism in Singapore: Is the past or future calling?“While the future’s there for anyone to change, still you know it’s seems It would be easier sometimes to change the past.” Jackson Browne.The many...
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Discrimination against S'poreans: Stiffer action needed against firms
HAS the Ministry of Manpower really helped the 13 Singaporeans who were retrenched unfairly by marine company Prime Gold International ("MOM bars marine firm from hiring foreigners"; Tuesday)?It...
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What does not serving NS look like?
I would like to explore the idea of what it would be like to not have to serve NS for the Singaporean male. This blog compares salary earned over working lifetime for both the NS and non-NS bound male....
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No Where to Rest in Peace in Singapore
10 million anyone? At 5.4m, we are already facing the crunch of a different kind. The would be residents going to move into Sengkang West’s BTO flats are getting nervous and furious. They are not going...
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The Reasons for the Drastically Changed Social Landscape in Singapore
The reasons behind certain social phenomena and a drastically changed social landscape in Singapore.Have you ever ask yourselves why there are so many aimless foreigners flocking in and out of...
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Malaysian PM Najib Down with E.coli after Flood Visits
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (pic) has come down with E.coli infection after making visits to flood-affected areas in the country.The Prime Minister’s Office official Twitter account...
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What is it that Foreigners can do that Singaporeans can’t?
These are Sambath Kannan’s colleagues – all from India – at Deutsche Bank.As we have mentioned:1. These people are exempted from the sham Fair Consideration Framework as their salaries are likely to be...
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Pointless to be Singaporean
Translation from the original Chinese: 「枉」为新加坡人 The law, more often than not, is just for show, a legalizing process to legitimize unfairness. Justice, more often than not, is just a skull with makeup...
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The difference between “Mainstream” Media VS Independent Social Media
As I read the news from independent news media like The Real Singapore, as well as the “mainstream” media like Straits Times, I’ve realized the disconnection between citizens and the government is...
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4 Things That CPF Fails At
DollarsAndSense recently attended one of the focus group discussions held by the Central Provident Fund (CPF) to understand the scheme better. We noticed four recurring themes that kept coming up...
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2015: Is Singapura Ready for its First Malay Prime Minister?
I refer to: 2015: Is Singapore Ready For An Indian Prime Minister? By: Shasha AliI was asked to write an article in response to this yesterday. Truth be told, when I first saw the headline, I felt...
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Sengkang West Residents shoud have a Second Chance to Re-elect Our MP
Many Sengkang West residents are unhappy about the decision of HDB to house a columbarium inside a proposed Chinese Temple in the heart of their town. They argue that they were not told of this when...
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Uneven playing field in land tender exercise?
ALTHOUGH the future residents of Fernvale Lea are upset about not being told that a columbarium would be built next to their flats, it was not possible for the Housing Board to have informed them in...
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The Price of Life in Singapore, City of Rules: 'It’s a Faustian deal'
The south-east Asian city-state has been hailed for its urban policies – and condemned for the authoritarianism that underpins them. So what do Singapore’s residents make of life there? Imagine you...
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No Peace For The Departed
The latest brouhaha in town concerns a NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) upset at Sengkang West. Once again, the authorities are counting on the short term memory span of Singaporeans to forget that tempers...
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Totally Irrelevant “Spin” Media Story about Fernvale Columbarium?
Happened 7 times beforeAccording to the Straits Times news report “Unhappiness over Sengkang temple with columbarium: 7 other cases of residents opposing developments near their homes” (Jan 5) – “There...
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Fernvale Temple - Private (Foreign) Company Best-Placed To Offer Religious...
The ongoing controversy over the proposed Buddhist temple in Fernvale threatens to open up a whole can of worms on how the Government sells its land parcels.The proposed temple at Fernvale Link in...
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Ordinary Singaporeans should help PAP put a stop to CPF-HDB scam
Disclaimer: TheRealSingapore.com is a platform for users to submit content and all content remains the property of the individual contributors. The views and opinions expressed by author(s) within the...
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Never Join a “Union” Company?
Court refers case to SIACAccording to the TR Emeritus article “NTUC Income saga: Court refers dispute to SIAC” (Jan 4) – “The FCs felt that if their dispute with NTUC Income can be brought to an open...
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