The best thing about Singapore's PE isn't Tharman's victory - I think we all expected that - but a relatively weak result of Tan Kin Lian. TKL was an incredibly useful candidate, as his presence gave us an opportunity (as I quipped ahead of
Let's talk about presidential independence – not only in Singapore but in other countries with similar parliamentary systems of governance, where president is typically a ceremonial head of state but has only limited powers and, at most, acts as a safety valve in certain areas. Here's a
Happy Birthday Singapore! Since the topic of reserves was brought up again, I thought it's a good opportunity to emphasise that, given my observation of what people in SG say and think, general understanding of what these reserves appears to be quite poor. This is why it'
I'm quite perplexed as to why Pritam Singh would assume the position of arbiter over the government / PAP's handling of controversies surrounding its members, given what his party – and he himself – have been found to have done over the past few years. He even compared the
It's funny how clearly you can see through Lee Hsien Yang's narrative. It's so clumsy only the most gullible can fall for it. So, at first he claimed the Ridout Rd. rentals were a scandal (for some reason) but following POFMA and a threat
I have to say that out of all people trying to crack Singapore's political stability, the character I find by far the most despicable is Lee Hsien Yang. Yes, of course, there are populists out there, crazy activists, failed artists and the rest of the hippies who think
It's also quite likely harmful to the nation AND has little to do with morality. Allow me to explain. If you want to have qualified people running the country they should be dedicated to it. This is especially true in Singapore, where government cadres typically spend decades going
Have you noticed how different the handling of every internal crisis is between PAP and opposition? Both among leaders and supporters. You can look at AHTC or RaeesahGate, or even what these people say and write about public policy (like Louis Chua, Jamus or Leon Perera on HDB), not to
I have to say it's quite entertaining to see all those opposition supporters baying for blood after Singapore's transport minister, S Iswaran, was instructed by the PM to take a leave of absence amidst CPIB probe he is assisting in. For the past two months, when
I have to say that the whole Ridout saga is quite absurd but what makes it worse are the double standards that so many people are eager to apply to the government and opposition, while professing to care about Singapore. And I don't mean some frothing lunatics from
The problem with media in Singapore isn't that journalists aren't free to write what they want but that they're just a bunch of lazy hacks who don't know how to do basic fact-finding. And the city-state makes it pretty easy to find
Sometimes I'm wondering what do people actually expect if Singaporean opposition ever took power. Two biggest topics - rightly or not - are costs of life and costs of housing. Now, setting aside the fact that they are objectively not high compared to other cities, I would like
