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6 town councils transferred $62m to sinking funds when elections announced in...
Further to my article “Alternative news in 1 day? (part 68) – $17.8m surplus transferred to sinking fund of just 2 town councils?” (Feb 28) – I tried to collate the financials from the annual reports...
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NSF whistle-blower - to laud... or not?
A NSF whistle-blower who leaked an in-camp video depicting animal abuse to an animal activist was charged with "unauthorized videography and unauthorised disclosure of information to a third-party"....
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How "independent" is the Institute of Policy Studies’ NS survey?
So … there’s this farce of an independent survey about how Singaporeans feel about National Service. For those who have missed it, the link is here.Holy cow! Where do I even start with the amount of...
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Animal Lovers League is right but don’t expect any closure from PAP government
Cathy Strong, president of the Animal Lovers League, has recently revealed that the dogs which MINDEF claims to have bitten their workers are not strays. The dogs have been ‘doing NS’ at Pasir Ris camp...
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Mr Spencer, pls file police report against LTC
Dear Mr Spencer,Your son & fellow NSF have already paid the price. Forget about fighting from the angle of ‘honour’, MINDEF keeping to their promise of ‘stern warning’. It’s asking for honour...
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How much an average Sinkie needs to live in Singapore?
This is just a broad brush estimate on how much it would cost an average Sinkie to live here from birth to death, or the sum of money he needs to earn and to pay for the privilege of living in Sin...
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The Invisible Man and CPIB
First it was the former CNB chief, Ng Boon Gay, who was acquitted of corruption charges for awarding lucrative IT contracts in exchange for sexual favors. Then it is former NUS law professor Tey Tsun...
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PAP's re-discovery of the forgotten and rejected elderly as "Pioneers"
The Mainstream Media acts like it's "Pioneers Day" with Budget 2014.The much neglected and invisible former sports legends and Singaporean sons like Majid Arif and other elderly are used daily as...
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China to mark 2 more anti-Japan days annually
<Relatives holding portraits of Chinese victims who were made by the Japanese to work as forced labourers during World War II. The spectre of Japanese militarism still haunts many Chinese. Photo:...
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Politics is dirty?
There is a common saying that "Politics is dirty". I didn’t know it is that dirty till I read the essays of historians, Professor Geoff Wade and Dr Thum Ping Tjin in “The 1963 Operation Coldstore in...
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Singaporeans Favourite Top 10 TRS Articles So Far
Ever since TRS first launched in 2011 and then went on Android and IOS App in 2013, TRS has become the most popular socio political must-read daily newsfeed for many of us. It is also recently ranked...
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People should not be allowed to make huge profits from Singaporeans' daily...
I Refer to: http://theindependent.sg/graduate-hawker-gives-it-all-up/When I saw this article, I couldn’t ignore it, my anger simply just refuse to allow me to be silence, “Tong Beh Tiou”When Tan Jun...
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TRS is not anti-Gay or anti-Muslim just because they approve these articles
I refer to the article: "TRS SHOULD NOT GO DOWN THE SLIPPERY ROAD OF CENSORSHIP"TRS has done a tremendous job in bringing a lot of small everyday things that impact us into the open. We would not find...
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A 'technical glitch' of a recruitment company made me lose my job!
Dear TRS,I am very angry with recruitment company Randstad, as a 'technical glitch' on their part made me lose my job and they aren't going to do anything about it! I had been applying for a new job...
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I told a new citizen he deserved it
Had an ex-colleague who was from India. His whole family, mum, dad, sister and himself were offered citizenship by this prostitute party. Only he took it up, the rest took up PR status.This chap then...
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Letter from a Malaysian Ex-Muslim
Hi TRS, Seems you've been getting a lot of flack from the Muslim community. Well I don't blame you, sensitive subject and all.Anyway, I wanted to share this clip from the recent Radio Podcast from The...
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Consider local contractors for MRT projects
Chin Kee Thou wrote in the Today forum pleading to the authority to consider local contractors in the award of contracts. We have been in the train business for about 40 years and there should be...
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S'pore falls 13 places in retirement index?
I refer to the article “S’pore no longer one of best 30 places for retirees” (Straits Times, Mar 2).S’pore drops 13 places?It states that “it slides from 28th to 41st on index.Dropped to 125th for...
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PAP is the reason our cost of living is so high
Complaints about prices of goods and services in Singapore being higher than those in HK, Taiwan or South Korea are getting increasingly common.This news gives you a slight insight into the reasons why...
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How much should the Government have paid into CPF?
This is a follow-up to my previous article in regards to the comparison between EPF and CPF. Here, we look at what the Singapore Government should have paid into our CPF accounts to equalize the effect...
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