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Singapore in 2050: A Foreigner’s Paradise
It is the year 2050. Singapore is now a buzzing global city, as many would now call it – the city that never sleeps.In the long past, the Singapore government had resisted allowing night activities for...
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The Force Is With Them
"Under the enhanced powers, police officers would be allowed, for instance, to strip search a person for alcohol. Police officers holding the rank of sergeant and above would be empowered to raid any...
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Time to set up the Old PAP
If one stays online for too long, it is not difficult to perceive that most Singaporeans are ready for a change in government. The bottlenecks in transport, hospitals and housing as well as the foreign...
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Lower-income got more in Govt transfers than their earned income
Lower-income got more in Govt transfers than their earned income?We refer to the article “Median household income rose to $7,870 last year, inequality down” (Straits Times, Feb 19).Govt transfers...
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Singapore, Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama, Osaka voted top Asian cities for expats
PARIS — Singapore on Wednesday topped an international survey of the best cities in Asia for expatriates while the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka was named the worst.Japan took all the other spots in the...
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How much equality?
Following complaints about a widening gap between rich and poor, our government has succeeded in reducing inequality. The Gini coefficient, which measures inequality has fallen to 0.41 in 2013 from...
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What is wrong with Singaporeans?
I am a regular reader of The Real Singapore and I am a born and bred Singaporean but i really feel the bulk of readers here at TRS are racist cowards. All we can do is complain yet do nothing about...
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How much does ComCare really help the needy?
I refer to the article “$ The Budget and me: Aid office near home a boon to widower” (Straits Times, Feb 20).Widower with 3 childrenIt states that “Since his wife died of cancer in February last year,...
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Sexuality in Singapore (and a response to Lawrence Khong's piece)
I'm writing in light of the recent saga revolving around HPB's FAQ on sexuality. (Yes I'm very late to this metaphorical bandwagon but that's okay because this was never meant to be a breaking news...
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Leave God out of this
Recently Lawrence Khong wrote this on his Facebook posting:"The Lord is our Lawgiver, The Lord is our King; He will save us (Isaiah 33:22 NKJV). This means our faith should not be confined within the...
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PAP's hypocrisy
Singaporeans have become too complacent and lazy, this is one of the key reasons given by PAP and accepted by many, especially the elites. They say foreign talents create jobs for us, increase our pay...
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Securing yourselves on Sampan 2.0
Don’t quit before you find a job. This is my sincere advice to all Singaporeans out there, especially those with family and parents to support, and / or have a mortgage to service. The job market is...
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PA's audits'"adverse opinion" for several consecutive years? No action taken?
I refer to the article “BREAKING: Auditors give adverse ratings to PA’s financial reports” (TR Emeritus, Feb 20).“Adverse opinion” vs “disclaimer of opinion”?It states that “This is the second year...
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Singapore might not be perfect but you need to try harder to succeed
This is a reply regarding a post posted earlier this month, which some of my readers and friends have directed me to:...
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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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Nothing wrong with Govt’s Budget accounting
I refer to: Singapore’s creative Budget accountingThe writer’s points must be corrected:1) It is correct to expense the entire $8 billion. It does not finance any productive asset and should not be...
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The Miracle of the Singapore Budget 2014
The Singapore budget held many goodies. The centre piece pioneer generation healthcare benefits have been extensively revised to the tune of a S$8 (US$6.3) billion fund set aside for their healthcare...
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Man arrested in Hougang for suspected loanshark activities
A 26-year-old-man has been arrested for suspected involvement in loanshark activities in Hougang.According to a report in The Straits Times Online, officers from the Hougang Neighbourhood Police Centre...
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The PAP has Clearly Failed to Deliver!
Dear True Blue Singaporeans, With the announcement of a supposedly people-centric budget and the on-going attempt to label the Worker’s Party as incompetent and unable to manage town councils,...
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Hong Kong may benefit from stricter Singapore FT policy
Lion City seeks to favour locals in hirings under its ‘Fair Consideration Framework’; foreign professionals may now opt for Hong Kong.Hong Kong and Shanghai may have lost out to Singapore in the hunt...
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