Royston Tan praised by Education Minister a decade after his film is labelled...
<above pic: Screen grab from www.visakanv.com>Here’s the full text of what our Education Minister posted:“The aim of our education system is to provide a BROAD and DEEP foundation for a LIFELONG...
View Article[Infographics Part 1]: How Much Tax Are Singaporeans Really Paying?
Leong Sze Hian and I have written a 10-part article on how much the taxes are that Singaporeans are really paying, and the purchasing power that we really have.We have also created a 10-part...
View ArticleDespite some improvements in policies, we should still vote out the PAP
Ever since PAP lost a lot of votes, they seem to be listening better to our voices and implementing more favourable policies.One of them, Wage Credit, is to help Singapore citizens grow our wages in...
View ArticleMore room for new political parties as PAP keeps applying failed 'quick fix'...
The following is a satirical article written by TRS contributor Phillip Ang. Please take it with a pinch of salt.Singaporeans have put up with incompetence from the incumbent, dominating party for the...
View ArticleHeather Chua is wrong ! All RGS girls should absolutely fall for ITE guys !
Once the storm has calmed down on Heather Chua, cool heads will prevail and she will be revealed for being a troll who is playing the rich-poor gap card to get attention from the Internet.There are...
View Article"Foreign Talents" discussing on Expat forum on how to exploit SG system
Dear The Real Singapore,Just chanced upon some interesting discussions within Singapore expat community’s forum with the following 3 that caught my attention for your perusal:1. An Indonesian lady who...
View ArticleFining transport operators only increases fares
I refer to the article “Bus operators could be fined S$4,000 for every 6-sec-delay” (Today, Jan 6).Fine per 0.1 min late?It states that “PTOs can be fined between S$1,300 to S$4,000 for every 0.1...
View ArticleAlcohol, Little India and the migrant worker
It’ll soon be a month since the disturbance in Little India which has rattled S’poreans(that they over-reacted). Even the PM was rattled, so much so that he still talked a lot of cock about it at...
View ArticleHigh Salaried Civil Servants Are Bad for Singapore
I refer to National Day Award Recipient Loses Court Case Against Neighbour. It said that Lieutanent Colonel Ng Boon Han lost a court case over a renovation dispute of $200,000. Click...
View ArticleVery Well Thought Out
Transport Minister Liu Tuck Yew does not think road-design issues caused the epic traffic snarls on the first day of operation of the Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE). His confidence in his own words is...
View ArticleCan Chuan-Jin rise above the heap of mediocrity?
There are a few urgent issues affecting Sinkies and Sin City that would make or break the dominance of the PAP. Housing is obviously a major one and Boon Wan has to some extent avoided the fall over...
View ArticleSingapore’s Blueprint
Singapore's blueprint is to grow at an insane pace.Singapore’s blueprint is to develop at an insane pace. I grew up along Depot Road, with nearby Bukit Merah Town centre the hub of getting foodstuff...
View ArticleChennai – From the Singaporean Eye (Aftermath of the Riots in Singapore)
“Leong Sze Hian, Han Hui Hui and I were in India in the aftermath of the recent riots in Singapore.We had deported the foreign workers from India, who were to have been involved in the riot.But what...
View ArticleAnother achievement or empty glory?
‘Singapore tops IB exam in region for fourth year’, screams a headline in the Today paper and maybe other papers as well. The first para, ‘For the fourth consecutive year, Singapore has topped the Asia...
View ArticleDear PM Lee, stop your wayang and start providing actual welfare for...
Dear PM Lee,When you published this photo on Facebook, I thought you were yet making another distasteful joke about smoking and pork soup about China. Nope, this is worse. It is already very...
View ArticleTan Kin Lian: PAP needs to earn the trust of Singaporeans back
I continue to get positive reports about Governor Jokowi of Jakarta from various people.I learned that the Governor increased the minimum wage of workers in Jakarta by 40% from 1.6 million rupiah to...
View ArticlePMET lost job to FT due to NS committments
Dear The Real Singapore,I am 38 year old civil engineering graduate, working as an project engineer for a construction company. Recently, SAF sent me a letter to tell me that they will be charging me...
View ArticleSingapore Schools should offer Religion 101 to students
BOTH Mr Benjamin Wee ("Religious knowledge lessons important in mission schools"; last Friday) and Mr Francis Cheng ("Religion not the only way to mould character"; Forum Online, Monday) acknowledge...
View ArticleThe problem with these clowns – never want to admit mistakes
This is the fxxking problem with all these clowns. Where was he when the MCE was jammed in the first working day after the opening. People were trapped in the jam for 2~3 hours and no one from MIW...
View ArticleThe opposition guessing game
The mystery of a ‘non’ existing opposition party in the govt can be annoying to those who wanted the opposition to be more vocal and aggressive in speaking out on national issues. Some are very...
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