Jamus Lim misquotes the Nobel Prize winner
Despite David Card's rebuttals, his findings on minimum wage continue to be peddled by left-wing economists and politicians as dogma.
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How BBC is fabricating news stories about Singapore
The way one of the world's largest broadcasting organizations is fishing for news is dubious at best...
How Marxism is breeding intolerance - and racism - in Singapore
Brought to you by the country's "loving critic".
Can the PAP claw back opposition wards by leaving them? Maybe, but there’s one problem...
Logically speaking it makes sense to leave the Workers' Party to bear full responsibility for TC affairs and have voters see the results. But politics rarely depends on logic...
The Online Citizen will publish anything as long as it’s negative about Singapore
Even if it doesn’t make sense or contradicts what they published earlier.
Why isn’t Singaporean government more boastful about the growing reserves?
When you don't see the money, you can't begin to plot how to spend it.
The news industry has to be run like the healthcare system in Singapore
In the final part of my series on SPH and the future of the media landscape, I am moving beyond current affairs to explore ideas for how the news industry should function in the future - to achieve both balanced reporting as well as serve as a high-quality public service,
Has Ng Yat Chung failed as a CEO?
Whether or not NYC is the ‘perfect’ man for the job, he was put in charge of two failing companies, in two globally troubled industries and is now receiving scorn for not performing miracles.
Is press freedom in Singapore as poor as in... Somalia?
Reporters Without Borders show what's wrong with modern journalism.
Is Singapore facing a leadership crisis?
Some commentators seem to think so, but they surely must be unaware of how the world looks like.
Why is the size of Singapore’s reserves kept secret?
My foreign readers, unacquainted with Singaporean governance, may find it surprising to learn that the country has no debt (net), that the government does not borrow money to finance public spending and that all the surpluses it generates are directed to the nation's reserves upon completion of every
Two factors which decided the Singaporean GE: Jamus Lim & PAP's strategic mistake
Much has already been said about the Singaporean General Election of 2020 - and even more is coming in the days and weeks ahead of us. But I think for all the complexity involved - the Covid-19 situation, looming economic troubles, epidemic spreading in the dorms, a general shutdown of