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WHAT MAKES A GREAT CITY
“There is a certain something in the air, in the look and in the sound of Paris, that cannot be found anywhere else.” George SandI am back from my sojourn in Paris, a place I knew I would miss dearly...
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MOH Holdings recruiting SGs & FTs in Australia for SG healthcare jobs
Information sent from a Singaporean studying in Australia:http://www.singaporeahps.org/#!auevents/c1×0uApril 2013MOH Holdings Career opportunitiesMOH Holdings will be in Perth, Brisbane, Sydney...
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Does speaking dialect at home really affect learning Mandarin in school?
I am sure Mr Heng, the MOE minister, meant well when he fielded those questions on the ban on Chinese dialects.But I find it disconcerting and mighty strange that he had equated the use of dialects...
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Free market approach for housing is a failure
Do go through this video and you will know why Singapore is on track for a recession.A quick summary that sums up the factors in Singapore’s HDB context:1) Trigger – Lack of buyers. Income growth...
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Nizam Ismail ‘forced’ to resign from AMP?
There is an article in Breakfast Network today on the circumstances leading to Nizam Ismail’s resignation from AMP. This news is also carried by the main media. Nizam is a lawyer and had spoken at the...
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What you should do when facing legal action from PAPpies
My advice: DON'T be too stubborn on your digital posting in the internet! When facing such threats, you must assume they have either your balls or boobs on the plate already. They’re no difference from...
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Nizam forced to resign from AMP for speaking at Hong Lim against White Paper
Lawyer and civil society activist Nizam Ismail has resigned from the Board of Directors of the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) and stepped down as Chairman of the Board of Centre for Research...
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Why the Rich and Stable Income Earners Should Join in the Protest March on 1 May
This coming 1 May Occupy Singapore at Hong Lim Park Speakers Corner is a nation-wide event. One of my friend, KKH, told me not to protest. I am now having a stable job. If there is press media and...
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Bloomberg: Taiwan Finds First Bird Flu Infection Outside China in Traveler
Taiwan confirmed an H7N9 bird flu infection in a Taiwanese traveler from China, demonstrating the risk of the killer virus entering cities outside the mainland.A 53-year-old man tested positive for the...
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Singaporeans never did have a Government
Dear Fellow Native Singaporean,I believe each and every one of us is wondering what had become of our beloved country, Singapore. Particularly, why our standard of living and general well being is...
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Apply to move to outer space as Mars One opens for applications
The Mars One project is now accepting video applications from members of the public who wish to leave Earth, never to return, and be among the first people to start life on another planet. The Dutch...
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Community club block book Badminton courts every week for their own people?
Dear Madam/Sirs,Me and my friends are recreational badminton players in the Serangoon area. We would occasionally book the badminton courts at the Marine Parade Town Council (Serangoon office) and the...
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SEDITION CHARGE WOULD SEND WRONG SIGNALS ABOUT MANAGING RACE
by CHERIAN GEORGE | http://journalism.sg/April 25th, 2013Race and religion form the third rail of Singapore politics. They lie in the deep, dark recesses of our national life, ready to strike the...
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A Xenophobic police force working for a Xenophobic government
Xenophobia had reached a new height with the arrest of fictional citizen Leslie Chew from fictional cartoon land Demon-cratic Singapore. We have so often heard about the perils of meddling with the...
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China restaurant rather convert all their staff to PRs than hiring SG locals
<click image above to view enlarged version>From Putien restaurant's website as reported in Shin Min Newspaper:China born turned Singaporean Citizen owner of Putien restaurants encouraged the...
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How come LKY’s book with seditious writings is still selling?
QUESTION ON SEDITIOUS WRITINGS AND BOOKS STILL ON SALE/CIRCULATION (UNDER SEDITION ACT)How about Lee Kuan Yew’s repeated racist statements, speeches and hate writings as books to date insulting the...
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Guided Democracy in Play
Contemporary conceptualizations of the public sphere are based on the ideas expressed in Jürgen Habermas’ book “The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere”. Broadly speaking, the public sphere...
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SDP: Government should withdraw actions against bloggers
The SDP is concerned about recent legal actions or threats of legal action issued by various Government departments.Websites such as EDMW Loves Singapore and The Real Singapore that had commented or...
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Sad story of a Singaporean Ah Ma
On Sat evening, I was at the coffee joint in the atrium of Bugis Plus (ex-Iluma). I saw a very old, very stooped & bent-over little old lady shuffle in a hurried manner into their back-kitchen,...
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PAP minister pointing fingers at Singaporeans prior to investigations?
It was a sad day that our wall memorial, the Cenotaph, was vandalised. But it was even sadder when Ag MOM Tan Chuan-Jin was quick to jump the gun and point finger at Singaporeans of opposite camp even...
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