Sorry guys, there is no 'cause' to the Little India Riot
The commonsense view.One hard pill Singaporeans may find hard to swallow is that the events that unfold in our country (Chinese Bus Driver riots, Little India Riots and even the regular ‘pondings’...
View ArticleIs Lucky Plaza another "High Risk" hotspot for Riots?
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View ArticleReading The Riot Act
Our Norwegian chairman landed in Shanghai ahead of schedule because of a change in flight plans. We telephoned the Sheraton for the hotel limousine to be dispatched earlier than requested. While...
View ArticleTo Prevent Future Riots
I’d like to begin by clarifying a few things from my earlier post Stop Humanizing the Banglas/ Indian FTs!. First of all, perhaps I was too harsh to use the term Humanizing. I was going more for...
View ArticleWe Should Target Our Anger on PAP and Not on Pinoys in Khoo Teck Phuat Hospital
I refer to SAFRA Holds Khoo Teck Phuat Hospital Pinoy Only X'Mas Party. Link.A Pinoy netizen said, "We wouldnt want to settle here, its just that, we get better job opportunities here. We have families...
View Article43-year-old jobless breadwinner PMET with NUS degree forced to leave company
Dear fellow Singaporean,I am a local born Chinese male 43 years old. I do not wish to dwell on the sobering past as I really need to provide for my family and kid now.I have been jobless and finding it...
View ArticleTaiwan talkshow on Little India riot says Singapore is a very scary country
An episode of a Taiwanese talkshow discussing the Little India riot that took place on Sunday night has enraged many Singaporeans and Malaysians.Among the many inaccurate statements made on the show is...
View ArticleTHE AH LIAN – DEFINING AN ASPECT OF SINGAPOREAN CULTURE
THE SINGAPOREAN AH LIAN – DEFINING AN ASPECT OF SINGAPOREAN CULTURE(NB: We will be talking in terms of stereotypes, and many of the claims made here are subjective and cannot be justified with...
View ArticleResponse to SG Bangla's 'stop humanizing FTs'
This is in reference to articles, specifically this (Do read it, if you haven’t done so) but I will also try to use others too. Those are written about the recent riots in Singapore. Where many people...
View ArticleUnderstand perspectives of foreign workers
Amid calls for the meting out of tough punishment on those involved in the Little India riot (“Tough action needed” by Mr Christopher Chong and “Wake-up call for S’pore” by Mr Lawrence Loh Kiah Muan;...
View ArticleForeign workers know their rights; Singaporean students don’t
So there was that NIE survey that showed that most Singaporean students didn’t know about their rights nor about citizenship nor how this country is run. Never mind that the survey’s methodology wasn’t...
View ArticleWhy a 2015 GE is now more probable
I’ve been beating the DRUMS that 2014 is the last window that the govt can raise prices because the GE has to be held sometime in 2016 and raising prices in 2015 is too close for comfort. I’ve also...
View ArticleLittle India Riot: The 9/11 of Singapore?
Yes. I am talking about the impact, the shock and the aftermath. Certainly, I am not referring it to terrorist attack or religion issues.After so many peaceful years, we suddenly have to face a (long...
View ArticleBan alcohol, ban bus, ban …?
Once in 40 years in our unique landso alcohol we will banthey will just buy elsewhere to avoid the banthe shops will suffer in the endbuses we also banso they take public transport to circumvent the...
View ArticleLittle India riot: Kudos to MSM, shame on social media
(13 Dec) – In the aftermath of the riot in Little India, there have been some who have been quick on the draw in castigating foreign workers for their unruly mob behaviour, and lambasting the...
View ArticleAlcohol doesn’t cause riots, people do
A minister’s conjecture that it is “plausible that alcohol consumption was a contributory factor” to a bloody Sunday is no excuse for a dry Christmas. Try that discriminatory weekend ban on alcohol at...
View ArticlePM: Singaporeans commit more crimes than foreign workers
PM Lee finally spoke about the Little India Riot. For the benefit of the non Chinese, I'll transcribe the interview aired by the news yesterday as accurately as I can. I'm not proficient in my Mandarin...
View ArticleLet’s talk xenophobia
A common definition of xenophobia is the fear or hatred for foreigners and often translated into hostility and beating of foreigners. Singaporeans have been accused by Singaporeans, by the media and...
View ArticlePAP now wants to do battle with social media
Since the advent of the Internet age, print media has been seeking out ways to preserve its grounds on news control and dissemination. More so for oppressive and repressive regimes like Singapore,...
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