Are we ready to hire seniors?
I agree with Mr Yeow Hwee Ming ("Best way to show respect"; last Friday) that the best form of respect we can show seniors is to offer them the means of being gainfully employed and financially...
View ArticleContract jobs getting popular with irresponsible employers
More PMETs are being hired on contracts, according to figures from MOM showing that some 70,000 PMETs were hired on contracts last year, up from 67,000 the year before in 2011. The contract period for...
View ArticleA comparison between the Great China Firewall and the PAP Internet Brigade
In many ways, the Singaporean government is starting to remind me of China (PRC). China has its great firewall of China, one of the world’s most sophisticated algorithms, designed to filter out...
View ArticleSingaporeans should stop complaining about our transport system
In recent years, there have been complaints of our public transport system being inefficient, overcrowded and slow.However, many have failed to consider how it is more accessible and economical...
View ArticlePAP using our $$$ to buy a useless & overpriced piece of junk!
Watch the video in which RAND Corporation disputes the Joint Strike Fighter...
View ArticleAnti-PAP sentiment at an all time high, and looks set to increase!
Has the PAP been more anti-Singaporean than ever?A handful of true-blue Singaporeans have done Singapore proud in the 2013, yet their accomplishments were not significantly aided by the PAP government....
View ArticleThe creepy Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)
<above pic: country leaders that are signing the TPP>The last negotiation for the TPP was held in Singapore with the Americans having very high hope that Singapore as the Chairman of the talk...
View ArticleSingapore Police Forced me to admit role in S’pore Little India Riots:...
(22 Dec) PUDUKKOTTAIThree residents of Pudukkottai were deported from Singapore and landed here on Saturday, following their involvement in a riot at ‘Little India’ which rocked that country on...
View ArticleThe Failure of Thailand’s Democracy?
Much like Egypt earlier this year, Thailand is witnessing the curious sight of mass street demonstrations in favor of less democracy.As in Egypt, a small urban middle class that once demanded...
View ArticleTransport network here better than in other cities
In recent years, there have been complaints of our public transport system being inefficient, overcrowded and slow.However, many have failed to consider how it is more accessible and economical...
View ArticleStanChart losing its shine
Standard Chartered had a bad start to the hols. Last Monday, its shares fell sharply on the possibility that it might call for a rights issue in the wake of weakish results. They’ve since recovered but...
View ArticleToo many Singaporeans are being manipulated and exploited by their companies
To all readers of TRS, today I'll be discussing about employees who are being manipulated by their organisations. If any reader happens to be one of them who encounter such unfair treatment in the...
View ArticleWhat We Need For Christmas
Tradition has it tonight is a good time to check the Christmas stocking. For those who have been good all year, they can expect it bulging with gifts galore. Chua Chu Kang GRC MP Alex Yam had his...
View Article3rd World in 1st World or 1st World in 3rd World?
Still vividly remember the slogan Garden in a City or City in a Garden. It is a nice cliché, sounds nice and meaning nice. What about a 3rd World in a 1st World City or a 1st World in a 3rd World City?...
View ArticleI am really troubled by what some PAP supporters dismiss as trivial!
I am really troubled by what some PAP supporters dismiss as trivial, incidents which have taken place recently just because such issues seemingly appear to be harmless. But if we are to properly...
View ArticleGovt has been encouraging foreign job seekers to come as 'tourists' since 2004
Encouraging tourists to come to apply for jobs 10 years ago?After writing “The alternative news in 1 day? (part 11) – Tourists on job hunt” (Dec 23), ES who has been sending me great stuff, and also...
View ArticleAn oasis in the 3rd World
What makes Singapore so different and so special? Someone once said, we build an oasis in a 3rd World region. In this oasis of modernity, everything works. We have an infrastructure that worked, an...
View ArticleSingapore May Face More Riots if PAP Refuse to Give In After GE2016
I refer to Anti-PAP Sentiment All Time HIgh. (Link)It seems likely that PAP may lose their majority and opposiion parties will form an effective voting bloc in Parliament in GE2016.We should not...
View ArticlePoverty in Singapore Grew from 16% in 2002 to 28% in 2013
Minister for Social and Family Development Chan Chun Sing had said that the government doesn’t want to define a poverty line in Singapore.But what exactly is the poverty rate in Singapore?How has it...
View ArticleLegal Due Processes affects everyone in Singapore
Simplified Legal Due ProcessThe legal due processes in Singapore can be largely simplified into the following:Incident Happening -> Feedback made to relevant authorities on incident -> Relevant...
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