An open letter to Dr Koh Poh Koon
Dear Dr Koh, I refer to your bid to win a seat in Parliament and recently, you mentioned that you are working hard to buy supporters votes by giving them free vouchers. Refer to article:...
View ArticleWhy do we have so many army bases?
Do we have an insane government by having so many army bases?Drive around in Singapore, have you ever wonder why there are so many army base: Changi to Changi village, whole stretch of of it. Mandai,...
View Article1.1M foreign workers, not 500K
In a Bloomberg report today, it is stated that the number of foreign workers here is 1.1m and not 500k. In the same report it quoted Chuan Jin as saying that the govt is slowing down the number of...
View Article1.1M foreign workers, not 500K
In a Bloomberg report today, it is stated that the number of foreign workers here is 1.1m and not 500k. In the same report it quoted Chuan Jin as saying that the govt is slowing down the number of...
View ArticleLittle India Riot: Fairness vs Swiftness in Punishment II
Law Minister K. Shanmugam shed some light on the government’s decision to deport 53 workers who participated in the riot in Little India but against whom it appears no formal charges were filed in...
View ArticleThe alternative news in 1 day? (part 10)
I refer to the article “SBS Transit, SMRT submit applications to raise fares” (Straits Times, Dec 19).Fares expected to increase?It states that “Transport operators SBS Transit and SMRT have both...
View ArticleConsider those inconvenienced by riot
Police patrols along Race Course Road. Photo: Ernest ChuaI refer to Mr Jolovan Wham’s letter, “Costs of protracted judicial process not reason for denying access to justice” (Dec 19).While his position...
View ArticleGovernment should not make Singaporeans speak Mandarin or Malay
First and foremost, I’d like to say that I believe myself to be a patriot, a proud Singaporean son, even though I don’t support every government policy. I love my country and I believe loving one’s...
View Article5 Reasons Why its better to be a Woman, and 3 reasons why its not
Now before i start blabbering about the unfairness of life, i am NOT going to go for a sex change.I do like my gender very much, despite its negatives. Moving on... This post will discuss 5 reasons why...
View ArticleBeing an MP is a huge privilege and a full time job
<above pic: ANG MO KIO PAP MP YEO GUAT KWANG HOLDS 64 JOBS>Ed Miliband is right to crack down on the MPs with highly paid second- and all too often third and fourth- jobs.In my view we should say...
View ArticleSerangoon Gardens made the Right Choice and vindicated after Little India Riot
Foreign Worker dormitoryIn 2008, pap approved a plan to convert an unused school to house foreign workers [link]. This creates lots of concerns among the small village that the residents staying there...
View ArticleTemperatures Rising
The Times of India has this report about family members of three men arrested in Singapore for alleged rioting accusing officials of external affairs ministry and Indian embassy in Singapore of turning...
View ArticleHow to programme the unthinking to think the way you want them to think
Heheheh. I think many people would not like what this statement implies and would not think they have been programmed to think by other people. The pathetic truth is that many have been programmed...
View ArticleHarmful allegations swirl in Singapore’s judicial void
Reports of arbitrary and unjust behaviour on the part of the authorities investigating Singapore’s Little India riots have begun to surface in the Indian media. These allegations, made apparently by...
View ArticleDue Process? What Due Process Is Needed?
Following the Little India riot, the Police have basically concluded investigations and released the following description of what the next steps will...
View ArticleTransport system of Paris, France and Amsterdam, Netherlands
Last month, Acting Minister represented République de Singapour and went to Paris, France. https://www.facebook.com/pap.sg/posts/721978644480205If Singapore has France standard of transport system…...
View ArticleThe Govt is full of excuses
A few weeks ago, there was a media report that Halimah Yacob, our tudung-wearing Parllimentary Speaker, had said at a NUS forum that the govt could only help unwedded mothers more only to the extent...
View Article6 serious issues and implications in nasi padang saga
The matter might seem trivial BUT there are several serious issues and implications here.1. Mr Baey is either really BLUR or acting BLUR to assume that the Nasi Pandang can be $2.50 and the Bandung...
View ArticleThe alternative news in 1 day - Singapore's strange immigration policies
Not a Singaporean in sight?I recently went to a telephone operator’s service centre/outlet and every staff that I encountered was not a Singaporean – the staff who gives you the queue number, explain...
View Article2013 will be over soon but our problems are far from over!
The world was supposed to have ended a year ago. Not only it didn’t end but life & living were more challenging. Almost every countries experienced slowing economy, rising unemployment & rising...
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