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Are Singaporeans being duped by the current government?
I am speculating and bias of course, that's my disclaimer because I am scared kenna caught by ISD and sued. Anyway, our ministers are never corrupt, they are whiter than white and they have...
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Short-sighted to treat PRs as expendable commodities
It is short-sighted to treat permanent residents (PRs) as expendable commodities.Under past policies, many foreigners became PRs to meet short-term goals. This resulted in a large mixed bag that...
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Straits Times asking government to be maid training agency?
In ST article “Use levy for maids’ training and welfare” (11 Sep), ST reporter Amelia Tan argues for the use of maid levy for maids’ training. She cites official data showing only “42 per cent of...
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Singapore: Colonialism, Cronyism and Capitalism – Deciphering a Nation
“Locals pay a hundred dollars entrance fee just to get in lah!”. The taxi driver had been a comedian the whole journey from the East Coast Food Center, taking us back to the quieter back-streets of...
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NTUC Income: You can always downgrade to cheaper plans if you can't afford...
We thank Mr Sia Cheong Yew (“Regulator should endorse premium increase proposals”; last Saturday) and Mr Kwong San Wan (“Lack of oversight of private health insurance premiums”; Forum Online, Tuesday)...
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Why Does GIC Want to Stay Anonymous in CPF Bishan Building?
A few months ago, I went to Recruit Express Level 6 CPF Building Bishan to apply for temporary jobs. I noticed that Level 3 and Level 4 are empty as the signboards at the lift lobby of CPF Building...
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The Rich Get Richer
The report by Wealth-X and UBS said that 50 Ultra-High Net Worth (UHNW) people in Singapore made it to the ranks of the super rich after property prices kept rising, rising, and rising last year. The...
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The fine prints of health insurance
We have been following the recent forum letter submitted by a policyholder from NTUC Income who brought forward her situation of being unable to receive a payout from her insurance policy despite being...
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Wake up old Sinkies and all Singaporeans going to be old!
Are the Sinkies still in a stupor? The temperature is near boiling point and they are not noticing it, still happy like hell. After reading the few latest postings on the sum of premiums NTUC is...
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The PAP’s Policies Give Singaporeans Heart Attacks?
The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) released the World Happiness Report 2013 a few days ago at ”an international workshop on September 8“. This is the second annual report. The...
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Why are Singaporeans second-class citizens in their own country?
So are Singaporeans real coward and not ready to stand up for themselves? Years of brain washing and intimidation have rendered us unable to speak up for ourselves even though we are been tossed left...
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Don’t prejudge the poor
I have been an active community worker for some years, and in these years, some people had seemingly taken advantage of my kindness. But I do understand. Such people don’t set out to deceive or cheat....
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The preciousness of Singapore citizenship
There have been many comments telling foreigners to become citizens, to be one of us, to do NS etc etc. This is not much different from being invited by a prostitute to become another prostitute in a...
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Another cop out case from the insurance gangster mob
Last week, I published a post on the unethical practice of NTUC Income, pertaining to the interpretation of the term “permanent incapacity”. While the industry norm is to use the term “permanent...
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Racial relations Survey
Racial relations are taking the limelight again with the Survey by the Institute of Policy Studies. The survey revealed some expected results in a multi racial society that has been subject to some...
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The Marina Barrage is causing more flash floods
I refer to http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/changing-weather-patterns-causing-m...I find this news a big confusion, I quote:“Rapid development and urbanisation, as well as global warming, are...
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Million Dollar Minister Grace Fu Encourages Companies to exploit Vietnam's...
Million Dollar Salaried Minister Grace Fu urges Singapore companies to take advantage of Vietnam and threw a back-handed compliment against Singaporeans and said that Vietnam had "Labour cost is very...
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Pastor Lawrence Khong: Homosexuals should be converted into "normal" people
[Article first appeared on Singapolitics.sg: Read part 1 of the Singapolitics interview here] Q: I want to move on to Section 377A of the Penal Code. You are a very vocal opponent of calls to repeal...
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Conversion therapy for homosexuals not mainstream medicine
PASTOR Lawrence Khong says "there are no ex-blacks, no ex-Chinese, but there are ex-homosexuals" ("'I told the minister to send me to jail'"; last Saturday).It is a moot point.In 1973, homosexuality...
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Care to comment on NTUC Income saga, Minister Lim?
There’s been much public disquiet surrounding the sudden promotion to oblivion of NTUC INCOME’s outgoing CEO, Tan Sueh Chieh. He is leaving Income end of the month to take up the newly created Group...
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