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
When Pritam Singh suggested mandatory English testing for new citizens of Singapore, little did we know that the inspiration must have come from within his own party. Every few weeks now it turns out another one of its MPs tries to convince us all that what he said means something
Remember Jamus Lim proposing wealth taxes of up to 2% for Singapore? Well, this is what has just happened in Norway, after the government bumped the local wealth tax rate by 0.1%. Norway is one of the few countries which is taxing wealth, at a combined rate of 1%
Something remarkable has happened, proving that maybe change in Singaporean politics is possible after all! Workers' Party Leon Perera condemned "flashy soundbites that smear our opponents, that the media then viralise" - adding that he doesn't want his kids to grow up in a "
How easy is it to get Singaporean citizenship? Well, contrary to the popular belief, SG is no USA nor Europe. And I think it is important to understand just how heinous the spin about verifying English proficiency for all new citizens is. I assume, of course, that Pritam Singh understands
