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Inverse Robin Hood 1: How Singapore's rich pay 0% tax and poor pay 40%
Singapore is a wicked regime whereby the rich can pay almost 0% tax, meanwhile the effective tax rate for poor in my estimate is more than 40%. For a rich person that earns for example S$10 million,...
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The authorities also have a role to play in managing the burning of incense...
I refer to the recent viral video showing a conflict between neighbours following the burning of incense papers near a HDB block.See: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=701301009915069The video...
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NS is unfair to Men and are NOT based on fairness, equality and justice
Dear The Real Singapore,I refer to the article: PETITION TO REDUCE NATIONAL SERVICE AND RESERVIST DURATIONI agree, 2 years of National Slavery and 10/13 years of uncalled for and unfair reservist...
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Straits Times throws media regulation to the dogs
Singaporeans have been implored by media regulators to “read the rights thing”, but that didn’t seem to prevent the government controlled Straits Times from writing a spectacularly wrong story about...
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Spending per university student 464% less than GDP growth?
More money for universities?I refer to the article “S$100m grant to help local universities build research strengths” (Channel NewsAsia, Jan 19).Spending per university student?According to the...
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100 000 foreigners can be sent home now
Dear TRS and fellow Singaporeans,Much has been said and lamented over the foreign influx in recent times, with dire consequences in many areas of our lives. From displaced PMETs, overcrowded trains,...
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The Govt has done well so far but it's about time they start to change things
I am 21 year old Singaporean male, undergraduate in 1st year of university. Amidst all the complaints and resentment that Singaporeans have against our government, I would like to express some of my...
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A Small View into the Life of Murtads (Ex-Muslim)
<above pic: click on the image to get a clearer view> Dear TRS readers,I have previously wrote some opinion pieces for The Real Singapore (TRS) such as “A YOUNG SINGAPOREAN MUSLIM: I AM NOW...
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Fair Hike?
In his Facebook page yesterday Lui Tuck Yew, our Minister of Transport, thanked the Public Transport Council as follows,"I would like to thank the Public Transport Council (PTC) for working on the fare...
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S’pore set for Icelandic-style meltdown – Hype or Reality?
Several people sent me emails regarding an economic pending bust in Singapore.Given that it’s easy enough to accept or discard such ideas based on preconceived notions, I asked a friend who lives in...
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5 Things To Prepare For MRT Breakdowns
Just a couple of days after the fare hike was announced, SMRT decided to show us exactly why it needed the extra money (on top of the millions it has already made). In fact, this ST article reported...
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Foreigner Living in Singapore: You guys should be proud to be a Singaporean!
Dear The Real Singapore,So recently I came up with this video on youtube which is going like really viral on Youtube and Facebook. With this girl with cool hair and a cute face having spongebob in...
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“Beds crunch” due to “care model” - MOH "blank" page?
I refer to the article “Singapore’s care model needs to be changed to resolve hospital bed crunch: Gan Kim Yong” (Channel NewsAsia, Jan 20).Solving “Beds crunch” means have to change “care model”? It...
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Singapore and the road never travelled
The recent “I am not proud to be a Singaporean” controversy started by Steph Micayle’s forthright vlog has generated an outpouring of opinions online, putting a fresh spin to an old, tired argument. It...
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PAP Minister Yeo Ning Hong pledge not to allow SMRT to profit at expense of...
Dear The Real Singapore,I would like to share with you what then Transport Minister, Yeo Ning Hong, said about the setting up SMRT. This was published on ST (9 Jul 1986).He, representing the PAP...
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SMRT – Why so unforgiving?
Read a post by a Gabriel Bai posted in The Real Singapore of a student whose mobile battery ran out and thought it was ok to get it charged while in a MRT platform. She was caught by a train officer...
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Why you Singaporeans have no influence over Anton Casey's employer
Background Story: RICH FOREIGNER LABELS SINGAPOREANS WHO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORT AS "POOR PEOPLE"OK I thought I'd do a quick follow up to the Anton Casey case. Yes his remarks have been ill-judged at...
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SMRT CEO AKA "Paper General" Desmond Kuek Bak Chye should be FIRED!
Just 3 days after the Public Transport Council announced the unpopular transportation fare hike, Singapore's ever 'reliable' MRT trains broke down again. This time, on the North-South Line, from Ang Mo...
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How to be the Chinese New Year Scumbag
Being a scumbag on Chinese New Year is easy but being THE Scumbag takes a lot more than that. Like how the western Halloween practice of dressing up like turds (without the kids Trick-or-Treat yet...
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Tax Part 6: Singaporeans Pay 3.5 Times More Into Indirect Tax Than Personal...
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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