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Preservation of LKY’s 38 Oxley Rd. house serves the opposition far more than the PAP post image
By Michael Petraeus
Nov 10, 2025

Preservation of LKY’s 38 Oxley Rd. house serves the opposition far more than the PAP

Complainers will have something to talk about for decades.

People’s Action Party
Politics
Society
Singapore Opposition
Pritam says he has a clear conscience. Can that really be true? And does the party agree? post image
By Michael Petraeus
Nov 9, 2025

Pritam says he has a clear conscience. Can that really be true? And does the party agree?

Workers’ Party
Singapore Opposition
Politics
Pritam Singh has just said the most controversial thing of his entire career post image
By Michael Petraeus
Nov 8, 2025

Pritam Singh has just said the most controversial thing of his entire career

Workers’ Party
Singapore Opposition
WP’s Kenneth Tiong is quickly becoming a bigger liability to the party than Raeesah Khan post image
By Michael Petraeus
Nov 6, 2025

WP’s Kenneth Tiong is quickly becoming a bigger liability to the party than Raeesah Khan

Workers’ Party
Singapore Opposition
Politics
Why it’s more important to target drug traffickers than cartel leaders post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 22, 2022

Why it’s more important to target drug traffickers than cartel leaders

While we're talking about drug trafficking in Singapore I thought it was important to address one other demand peddled by the activist do-gooders - that drug traffickers/mules are just small cogs in the machine and that it is more important to target and jail the bosses of

Law & Order
How Singapore defeated a heroin epidemic in the 1970s post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 21, 2022

How Singapore defeated a heroin epidemic in the 1970s

And why "human rights activists" are worse than drug dealers

Law & Order
Why Singapore needs to increase GST during current crisis post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 2, 2022

Why Singapore needs to increase GST during current crisis

Conventional knowledge suggests that economic crises are not the best time to increase taxes. After all, they tend to add to the burdens already faced by the economy at a time when it should be lifted. So, why is Singapore pressing with the GST increase to 9% by 2024? Firstly,

Economy National Budget
Nagaenthran could be spared if his IQ was 169 post image
By Michael Petraeus
Apr 27, 2022

Nagaenthran could be spared if his IQ was 169

So, another two drug smugglers are about to get the noose and bleeding-heart activists are out in full force (they even managed to recruit Richard Branson to join in) decrying the reportedly "inhumane" penalty that's soon to be carried out in Singapore.They have managed to

Law & Order
Back on predictable track post image
By Michael Petraeus
Apr 15, 2022

Back on predictable track

After a year of uncertainty, PAP is back to the original plan and selected Heng Swee Keat's successor as his replacement for future premiership, once Lee Hsien Loong steps down - likely in or just before the next GE in 2025.I think the delay was due entirely

People’s Action Party Politics
COE is a tax on the wealthy post image
By Michael Petraeus
Apr 11, 2022

COE is a tax on the wealthy

I remember when I first heard how much it costs to buy a car in Singapore I was absolutely astounded.With all the import taxes and COE the sum you have to pay for a mid-range hatchback could let you very nearly buy a supercar in Europe. The thing is,

Economy National Budget
Why Singaporean way of governance is world’s best post image
By Michael Petraeus
Apr 9, 2022

Why Singaporean way of governance is world’s best

What is the future of governance? Is it in the free-for-all liberal democratic West? Or is it going to be superseded by the rising power in Beijing? I have to say I'm quite entertained by the competition of the two, since neither is the answer - and yet,

People’s Action Party Politics
Jamus Lim takes on cycling paths in Singapore post image
By Michael Petraeus
Mar 25, 2022

Jamus Lim takes on cycling paths in Singapore

People all over the world are often questioning what their MPs are really being paid for and, a lot of the time, I can't really blame them.So, Jamus Lim decided not only to share some anecdotes about how he used to cycle to work when he lived

Workers’ Party Singapore Opposition Politics
Demanding HDB to lower eligibility age for singles is unrealistic post image
By Michael Petraeus
Mar 17, 2022

Demanding HDB to lower eligibility age for singles is unrealistic

Whenever the Workers' Party comes up with something you just know it's bound to be unrealistic. It's like they just keep churning out catchy slogans without understanding what it would take to make them a reality. Last year they floated an idea that renting is

Singapore Opposition Housing
Where are all the people praising Hong Kong’s Covid response over Singapore? post image
By Michael Petraeus
Mar 9, 2022

Where are all the people praising Hong Kong’s Covid response over Singapore?

I distinctly remember that, a few months ago, when I was explaining Singapore's gradual reopening policies, many descended on my page, pointing out what a great job HK was doing and how Singaporean government was too hasty and reckless.I cautioned all of them that Hong Kong not

Society
Chee Soon Juan claims Singapore is like Russia post image
By Michael Petraeus
Mar 1, 2022

Chee Soon Juan claims Singapore is like Russia

I have to say some Singaporean politicians and "activists" seem to have entered a competition for the dumbest take on Russian invasion in Ukraine. Here's Chee Soon Juan comparing Sinfapore to… Russia. Yes yes, he's really implying that Singapore is in many ways like

Singapore Opposition Politics
GST hike is mainly a tax on the rich post image
By Michael Petraeus
Feb 21, 2022

GST hike is mainly a tax on the rich

I've long observed that the government in Singapore, while delivering a solid performance, has problems with communicating it clearly to the public. One such example is the impending GST increase to 9%, which was tentatively announced back in 2018 and is now planned to take place by 2024.

Economy National Budget
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