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The sampan mentality
The nearly doubling of the population, the hospital bed crunch, the housing shortage, the employment problems of PMETs, the jams on the roads, the overloading of the trains, the crowds of restless...
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The people who actually benefit from high property prices
It is not only the first time buyers that lose out when property prices increase. High property prices generally do not benefit the majority of Singaporeans because if you live in the property, to...
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Payslip so complicated?
I refer to the article “MOM, NTUC and SNEF develop guidelines on how employers can issue itemised payslips” (Straits Times, Jan 13).Guidelines for payslips?It states that “Employers can now refer to a...
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If we contain growth, economy will transform in wrong way
In “Low birth rates not key cause of reliance on foreigners” (Jan 6), the writer opined that our economy has grown “at a rate higher than the natural” in some years.He also stated that low birth rates...
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Singapore Will Face Another Riot if MOM Continues to ignore Unemployment...
I refer to "Are You Sure That Unemployment Rate So Low?" and "Employment Stats Are Out of Touch With Reality"Every time when there is an Open House or Graduation Ceremony, universities and polytechnics...
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How did Indians end up dominating SG’s IT sector?
I am writing this in response to a lot of people asking here on TRS ‘How did the Indians dominate the Singapore IT sector?’ and why they may not be cheap anymore.The reason is due to a vicious cycle,...
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Tear down these useless colonial houses in SIngapore!
Dear The Real Singapore,I refer to the article: "http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/no-takers-for-some/951922.html"No takers for some colonial bungalows in S’poreSINGAPORE: Some of...
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The people who actually benefit from high property prices
It is not only the first time buyers that lose out when property prices increase. High property prices generally do not benefit the majority of Singaporeans because if you live in the property, to...
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Retirement ‘resort’ – really?
In ST (11 Jan 2014) an impressive pull-out advert announces the “Hillford’, a retirement resort, as a first of its kind in Singapore. The announcement features an elaborate advertisement that boasts,...
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Lee Bee Wah sends ‘smoke signals’
A Designated Smoking Point in Nee South Zone D. It's more a novelty than a deterrent and looks to cost several hundreds at least to set up.I heard rumours last year about a plan to convert Nee Soon...
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The top ten anomalies of our labour situation here in Singapore
The top ten anamolies of our labour situation here:1. No minimum wage: We don't have minimum wage yet even though third-world neighboring countries like Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam already have that...
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The ground reality of foreigners
I refer to: ANZ is a poorly managed bank!“Lastly, I was quite annoyed that I could not understand the slang of the operators, who are clearly not Singaporeans.”While economic reasons do dictate a large...
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Just another fare hike exercise
The arrogant knave of a Transport Minister, Lui Tuck Yew, should have waited 2 to 3 weeks before opening his big mouth. On January 10, 2014 he boasted that rail commuters can expect trains to arrive...
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How Much Tax Are Singaporeans Really Paying? (Part 4)
By Roy Ngerng and Leong Sze HianThis is a 10-part series which will analyse the tax that Singaporeans are paying, in comparison with the Nordic countries. It has been said that Singaporeans pay one of...
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Singapore has the cheapest broadband in the world?
I refer to the article “Singapore now provides one of the world’s cheapest home broadband connections” (Straits Times, Jan 15).Cheapest broadband?It states that “With a monthly fee of $49.99, the cost...
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Deport the undesirables as a deterrent
Last week Dudley Au, a senior gentleman, wrote in a forum letter in the Today paper calling for deterrence against crime. He was referring to the rioting in Little India and how important it is to make...
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Ok to print half truth?
An article in the ST yesterday by its editor Yap Koon Hong more or less says this is excusable given certain conditions when factual reporting is difficult. The article is in response to the criticism...
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Transport minister looks after shareholders, the poor and the disabled?
What about other disadvantaged S’poreans?The Public Transport Council (PTC) will release its decision on raising fare adjustments for public transport tomorrow and a reasonable person would conclude...
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Straits Times Forum: Singapore should ban everyone from smoking by 2018
NON-SMOKERS in Singapore not only have to endure second-hand smoke, but also smokers' anti-social behaviour that includes leaving burn marks on trash bins, tossing cigarette butts out of car windows...
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Washington Post: Singapore one of the 17 countries in the world with Housing...
Despite MAS insisting that Singapore is not facing a credit bubble, it appears that there are a number of other news companies around the world that are suggesting otherwise.(MAS insists that Forbes is...
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