WP and PSP should keep quiet about HDB lest someone reminds the public about their ideas
Proposals made by both parties range from mildly damaging to completely destructive to the HDB system.
Progress Singapore Party
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Leong Mun Wai’s resignation proves that POFMA is respected even by the opposition
Remember the uproar when POFMA was introduced in 2019? The government was assaulting the freedom of expression! The law would be used to silence its critics! How do ministers dare to decide what the truth is! Fast forward 5 years and even the local opposition respects the law so much
Crisis management differences between PAP and the opposition
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
How can people be so shameless?
Shamelessness is a word I use often a lot because I can't help but wonder where are its limits among the people who attack Singapore and all the people who built it. Where is the limit beyond which one would say - OK, that's just wrong,
Does PSP want to destroy the property market in Singapore?
It sure as hell seems to bent on doing it. In my first post on the topic of their "affordable homes scheme" I explained how these people don't even understand their own figures. In this one I'm going to highlight just how catastrophic the
Leong Mun Wai’s cheap housing would cost $7 billion per year by party’s own figures
Just when you think things can't possibly get any worse, folks from PSP outdo themselves again. The set of proposals for HDB they announced yesterday is so absurd and destructive that I don't know where to start debunking them. I could write several pieces dissecting their
Everybody is crying and celebrating in Singapore today: GE summary
Ahead of the Singaporean election, I penned a piece that summarized the coming vote as likely the most significant since the bitterly contested GE of 1963. And it was... ...sort of. As politicians and Singaporeans turn in for the (very late) night, it's not likely there are going
Lion at the crossroads: Singapore’s most significant General Election since 1963
As if the global pandemic wasn't enough, 2020 appears to be quite an important year in global politics. First, Taiwan voted on its president - giving pro-independence Tsai Ing-wen her second term. Then Israel finally managed to form a unity government after two failed attempts in 2019. In