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Are the jobs that foreigners fill really experiencing labour shortages?
I refer to Filipino Customer Service Officer Jailed for Misappropriating Money. Click on...
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How my life would be different if Cannabis was legalized in Singapore
When asked about my reasons for advocating the legalization of Cannabis, many would assume that I am a drug addict or something along that line. This is the result of the mind set the war on drugs has...
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Malaysia strips Singaporean of immigration privileges in dispute over Muslim...
Malaysian authorities on Saturday revoked the immigration privileges held by a Singaporean man who offended some Muslims by allegedly letting Buddhists use an Islamic prayer room.The case has provoked...
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Singapore a backwater in the 1950s? Hardly...
Tatler is the latest to jump on to the idolatry bandwagon ascribing a God-like status to LKY in this month's edition.In its opening intro, it credits LKY for transforming Singapore from an "economic...
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Misconceptions about Australia & Canada among some S’poreans
I’m writing this because I’m concerned about half-truths & obvious lies from those who claimed to know much about Canada & Australia.These misleading facts deceive fellow S’poreans from...
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Everyone on TRS should just stop complaining!
This page has been very active with articles, some neutral and some very against the government. I feel that there are actually a little too much anti-government articles. Articles about how the...
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LKY Property Advice: Buy, buy, buy!
These are some excerpts from page 268 of the latest LKY book:Q : What is your view on (regulation of movement of money in and out of the country)?A : As a small country, the fewer regulations there...
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City Dev Chairman: Buying land in SG at today’s prices ‘suicidal’
It is a rare occasion when a billionaire property developer talks the market down. Kwek Leng Beng, Chairman of City Developments Limited (CDL), a leading real estate developer in Singapore, did just...
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Progressive Tax Rates Linked To National Happiness: Study
Detractors of Warren Buffett take note: The more a country taxes its richest citizens, the happier everyone in that country will be.Such are the findings of a new study, led by University of Virginia...
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Singaporeans don't have enough survival skills
One Malaysian once remarked, "Singaporeans do not know how to cross the road." Upon confrontation, the Malaysian simply said, "Come to Malaysia and see how Singaporeans freeze at the sides of the...
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A response to "Alex Tan should kill himself for his pure stupidity"
This is a response to a recent article written by Felix Yew: http://therealsingapore.com/content/trs-writer-alex-tan-should-kill-himself-his-pure-stupidity1) BTO subscription is going down slowly due...
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Hsien Loong’s National Day Rally – Not enough
Heard Hsien Loong’s Rally speech and what came across were some cosmetic changes that were less than expected after the hype by Heng Swee Kiat. There were great expectations for sure but now the great...
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National Day Rally 2013 Plus - if I were the PM
My heartlander friend told me that NDR 2013 was one of the worst speeches Singaporeans have ever heard. I could not disagree. You see, the PM spoke more on the hardware than on the solutions needed....
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Great shame to terminate bus driver’s employment
After reading last Wednesday’s article (“School bus driver pulls over after kids misbehave”), I am aggrieved for the driver, Mr Seeni Mohamad Alim, who was reportedly replaced.I am a mother of two boys...
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Remaking the elite in Singapore
As I'm reading articles on education during the NDR yesterday, it becomes clearer that the second project that the PM is trying to embark on is the remaking of the elite in Singapore. The fundamental...
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Housing Grants Can Harm Singaporeans Indirectly When They Sell their Flats
I refer to "What's Wrong with PAP" Click on http://www.therealsingapore.com/content/ndr-2013-whats-wrong-pap In the article, Mr Goh Meng Seng said, "It would practically mean that if more HDB grants...
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There is no generosity in PM Lee's new plan, don't be fooled.
Before you rejoice about the govt changing towards a more generous provider for the citizens, remember that there is no free lunch in the new proposals. Making Medishield compulsory and covering the...
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New Paya Lebar and Waterfront township to be used for 6.9M population?
Is PM Lee developing the new Paya Lebar and Waterfront townships to help house 6.9 million population in Singapore by 2030?At NDR 2013, PM Lee announced many new plans which included the future Paya...
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A Singaporean recipe for disaster
Now I love it when my blog posts generate a lively debate and I certainly got one with my most recent post on ten observations I made when I was in Singapore recently. It was a list of ten bullet...
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New MediShield : An Albatross around PAP (and our) neck
After some excitement over PM Lee's Rally speech, wariness has seeped in. I think PAP has made a big blunder in the latest MediShield Life proposal and predict that it will escalate to be a big...
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