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Taxi drivers' woes?
I refer to the article “Taxi grouping to rev up health drive” (Straits Times, Feb 2).Rising rental costs?It states that “Facing rising rental costs and an increased minimum daily mileage, taxi drivers...
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When should a foreigner leave Singapore for good?
Personally, I've the opportunities to meet many wonderful foreigners and the misfortune of encountering unpleasant ones too. Amidst the ferocious rise in anti-foreign sentiment and Singaporean-bashing...
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Is CPF taking advantage of senior citizens?
I am a senior citizen. By right I should be getting all my CPF savings when I reached 55. But they changed the rules and created a Retirement Account and forcibly transferred some of my savings into...
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Are Singaporeans now at the mercy of "Foreign Talents"?
Dear The Real Singapore,A friend of mine has been job hunting for the past 2 months and told me that 8 out of 10 recruitment agencies which contacted him:1. The staff was a FT, mostly Indian nationals...
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Remembering Ong Teng Cheong: the elected President who dared challenge the...
A law permitting the Singaporean electorate the right to elect a President was first passed in 1992. The new elected President would have expanded powers from the legislature-appointed one, including a...
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Ong Teng Cheong: the President who dared to challenge the PAP's nonsense
This month is the 12th anniversary of the death of Ong Ten Cheong, remembered by many as the people's president. Here is a tribute to his memory.A law permitting the Singaporean electorate the right to...
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The Truth Behind Singapore's Democracy
This article on Singapore’s Democracy is presented in nine sections:1. Introduction 2. Constitution of Singapore 3. Do Singapore Citizens have Freedom of Speech? 4. What is the Form of Government in...
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Paying For The Rest Of Our Lives
The Collins English Dictionary definition of "manipulative" can be easily applied to Health Minister Gan Kim Yong, as in "calculating and manipulative".Since April 1984, the national medical savings...
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More than just a co driver
My thread, ‘WP, to slap or not to slap the driver’ attracted a lot of emotional comments. Some were angry, some disappointed while some were sympathetic to the WP. Some were demanding for more actions...
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12 Investment Guidelines for Singaporeans
As we start a new year in 2014, it might be pertinent to revisit some timeless pearls of financial wisdom. There would be bull and bear market cycles, periods where value stocks outperform growth...
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Change and the Singaporean DNA
There is a commentary in the Today newspaper penned by Devadas Krishnadas titled ‘Handling change has always been a part of the Singaporean DNA‘, dated 4 February 2014.In the commentary, Devadas lists...
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Sinister reason why PAP wants 6.9 million population by 2030
Written By: Gilbert GohJust when Singapore was celebrating the euphoria of Worker’s Party enormous victory at Punggol East by-election by a landslide margin, a deflated PAP counter-punched with the...
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7 reasons why the People's Association should disband and dissolved
The People’s Association (PA) was established in Singapore as a statutory board on 1 July 1960 to promote racial harmony and social cohesion. PA commemorated its 50th Anniversary in 2010.To counter...
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What does it take to be a ‘good’ foreigner in Singapore?
He embraces our culture and people, but would never dream of becoming a citizen. Adam Flinter challenges us to rethink our ideas on integration.One of the more interesting quirks about being an...
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Being a Minister is So Stressful
Being a Minister is so stressful, no wonder they need to be paid higher...- Lui Tuck Yew worried why MRTs and buses are unreliable and always breakdown- Yaccob Ibrahim worried why M1 and Singtel are...
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“Why Government Should Not Be Run Like A Business”
The above article from Forbes has been making the rounds on Facebook following the public tpt fare increase. Meanwhile, the WP is now saying, “The WP believes that public transport should be provided...
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Why is gahmen forcing us to work longer?
When NTUC Member of Parliament Heng Chee How called for re-employment age to increase to 67, I noticed remarks such as this:"Why not put it more direct? work till you die, no need to think about...
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Ex-SMRT train operator Gintai shares his experience as a new taxi driver
It’s now almost 4 complete months since I left my previous job end of Sep last year. I am still not sure what is my next job. Whether to drive a taxi or enter the security industry? I have just got my...
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Should we continue to trust the PAP or should we move on?
PAP has been in power for 50 years, so we should trust that only they will be able to do a good job - then we should have never left the British since they were in power for more than 140 years. Why...
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Singapore property bubble is going to burst
It is official: Singapore property bubble has burst.According to the Singapore Real Estate Exchange, 3 out of 10 HDB flats are sold below valuation price. 8 areas particularly affected are Bishan,...
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