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Local 'Celebrity' Blogger Xia Xue: How to win the Anonymous
A few days back, my friends and I were discussing the recent sagas that have been surrounding me.I was just discussing with them how idiotic and obviously far-fetched some of the accusations are, such...
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Dear PM Lee, Please Call a By-Election for Sengkang West
I refer to the article: http://therealsingapore.com/content/sengkang-west-residents-shoud-have-s...Do residents have the right to request for the Prime Minister to call a by-election if they feel that...
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One-Upmanship Works Both Ways
Not once, not twice, but three times the Singapore Government sent a Third Person Note — a formal diplomatic nasty letter — to its Indonesian counterparts to register its ugly protest over the naming...
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Celebrating SG50, Celebrating the End of One-Party Rule
Celebrating SG50 is a closing chapter for Singapore politics and economy. It is the end of the one-party rule of the PAP and the beginning of the participation of alternative politics. All of us,...
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The End of Sinkies is Near
Over the last few days Sinkies were being bashed by foreigners in the most unbecoming and digraceful way they could even imagine. A Sambath Kannan from India, a VP in Deutsche Bank, wrote in Hsien...
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More Precise Info Needed in Flat Brochures
I refer to the report “Columbarium news irks future residents of Sengkang flats” (Jan 5). The Housing and Development Board (HDB) and Urban Redevelopment Authority should be more transparent and...
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When the Dead and the Living Can't Co-Exist
Some of you may have read about would-be residents at BTO estate Fernvale Lea getting upset over the release of government plans to build a columbarium next to their new homes. There will be those...
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Malaysia and Singapore Should Share Info on Traffic Fines
There have been police operations recently in Johor Baru to catch Singaporeans who have unpaid traffic fines. The current procedure is not sustainable for Malaysia and also inconveniences...
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Beginning 2015, Our Jubilee, by Affirming Life
The new year began with a robust affirmation of the intrinsic value of all human life, including those of persons with disabilities.The Straits Times forum on 1 January 2015 featured five letters...
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Foreigners do Jobs that Sinkies Did not Want?
‘Prof Borjas reminded me of PAP ministers who constantly exhort Singaporeans to be grateful to foreigners for making the creation of jobs possible. They and their apologists even claim that the...
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Much Ado About Urns/ Where to Buy in NE
Three pieces follow.The first is from those KPKBing about the urns. My comments are interspersed. The other is a response from an intelligent TRE poster (Yup they do exist, though they are jeered by...
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The Future of Singapore (Part 1)
SINGAPORE TODAYSingapore was once filled by Singaporeans. Today, this basic idea that a country is filled with own citizens is a fading myth.The streets, MRT, buses, Orchard road ... foreigners are...
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Economic Growth Is So Overrated
The dictionary defines stasis as "a period or state of inactivity or equilibrium" e.g. "The country is in economic stasis".That was the term hanging in the air when we were talking to a Japanese...
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We Should be Careful not to Give Too Much Recognition to Students from ITE...
Education has always been a key focus of Singapore’s pragmatic, forward-thinking society.This was again highlighted in the report “SingTel launches scholarship for polytechnic students” (Jan 7),which...
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The Future of Singapore (Part 2)
The Future of Singapore (part 2)This is part 2 following part 1, which is found in this link: The Future of Singapore (Part 1)SINGAPORE IN THE FUTURE IF SINGAPOREANS DO NOT CHANGESingaporeans and...
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CPF is Your Money but you Can't Use it to Stay Alive
This Blog Post was originally written in 2007 by popular blogger Feed Me To The Fish who passed away in 2013:"To a question by opposition MP Low Thia Khiang (Hougang) on whether the Government of...
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Local Muslim: These Extremist Fuckers are the Reason I am Discriminated Against
What to say in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo massacre?A slogan floats--'Je suis Charlie'--'I am Charlie'--as a gesture of solidarity.As a Muslim it doesn't feel enough--one is expected to also...
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4 Other ‘Not in My Backyard’ Cases in Singapore
The furore over a planned columbarium at a Buddhist temple in Sengkang has brought to light issues surrounding the Nimby syndrome in Singapore.Nimby is short for “Not in My Back Yard” and applies to...
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Pump Price: Missing the Point
“Crude oil price dropped by nearly 50% and our pump price dropped just under 8% because petrol stations are leased out to pump operators on a 30 years lease by HDB at a staggering over $80 million for...
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PAP MP Lam Pin Min - Sitting at the Wrong End
Sitting at the wrong end.Yup, that's what Lam Pin Min did. He was elected by the residents of Sengkang West to represent their interest. But when he received numerous queries on the Columbarium which...
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