jentrifiedcitizenBlog- Elections in Singapore: PAP's Strategy Uncovered May 14, 2013
- Indranee's curious claims May 13, 2013
- In Singapore We’ve Forgotten: I Think That I Am Better Than You (Part 2) May 11, 2013
- PM Lee and Lim Swee Say: Revealing the Truth With Real Statistics May 5, 2013
- Oppression and threats will not destroy our spirit April 28, 2013
- Double Standards In Singapore: Only The Government Can Win April 26, 2013
- Who says our kids can’t learn dialects and multi-languages at the same time? April 22, 2013
- Mahbubani on "What is governance?" April 15, 2013
- Xenophobia? Clean up your own act before making accusations April 11, 2013
- Singaporeans Happiest in Asia? How about Richest and Most Well-fed too? March 22, 2013
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Recent Posts
- Elections in Singapore: PAP's Strategy Uncovered May 14, 2013
- Indranee's curious claims May 13, 2013
- In Singapore We’ve Forgotten: I Think That I Am Better Than You (Part 2) May 11, 2013
- PM Lee and Lim Swee Say: Revealing the Truth With Real Statistics May 5, 2013
- Oppression and threats will not destroy our spirit April 28, 2013
- Double Standards In Singapore: Only The Government Can Win April 26, 2013
- Who says our kids can’t learn dialects and multi-languages at the same time? April 22, 2013
- Mahbubani on "What is governance?" April 15, 2013
- Xenophobia? Clean up your own act before making accusations April 11, 2013
- Singaporeans Happiest in Asia? How about Richest and Most Well-fed too? March 22, 2013
- Most Firms Surveyed Will Not Pass on Wage Subsidy March 14, 2013
- WP's Blue Paper will cause great hardship to us all March 14, 2013
- Err why must S'poreans prove anything, Managing Editor of SPH? March 14, 2013
- NTUC – Social Enterprise or Profit-driven Business? March 6, 2013
- Government Pays Employers to Pay Employees More February 26, 2013
- WP’s Population Paper is Singaporean-centric February 23, 2013
- Shame on our Mainstream Media for failing its readers and Singaporeans February 17, 2013
- Five thousand gather to protest population White Paper February 17, 2013
- Tale of Two Chairs February 14, 2013
- Bring back Tipping to draw Singaporeans to work in F&B sector February 12, 2013
- Stop Trying to Frame the White Paper, We Can See the Truth February 12, 2013
- A Singaporean Core?: What Defines a Singaporean (II) February 11, 2013
- NSP Calls for National Referendum on White Paper February 9, 2013
- Economists challenge assumptions of fhe flawed White Paper February 8, 2013
- Black Friday – White Paper got passed against the people’s wishes February 8, 2013
- Is the White Paper simply kicking the can down the road? February 7, 2013
- Lift the Whip February 7, 2013
- A dynamic population for a sustainable Singapore: Sustaining the Singapore core February 6, 2013
- Stand Up and Be Counted Singaporeans February 6, 2013
- Welfare of children as political football February 5, 2013
- Implications of the White Paper’s Target of 6.9 Million Population February 5, 2013
- Tan Cheng Bock weighs in on the White Paper February 3, 2013
- Rape of our nation – Whither Singaporeans? February 2, 2013
- Confessions of a Prime Minister February 2, 2013
- Singapore must achieve more with less - By NGIAM TONG DOW January 29, 2013
- Broken Trust, Broken Policies January 29, 2013
- Whither Singapore? January 28, 2013
- Punggol East By-Election 2013: The Aftermath and the Analysis January 28, 2013
- Singapore is Bigger than PAP January 27, 2013
- Why Singaporeans are jubilant over WP’s win in Punggol East January 26, 2013
- Cooling-off Day and the Issue of Integrity January 25, 2013
- Punggol East By-election – Vote for a better Singapore January 24, 2013
- SDP's political naivete January 12, 2013
- Five men, like flotsam January 9, 2013
- Punggol East By-election well-timed to defuse AIM timebomb? January 9, 2013
- Check and counter check. More drama to come on AIM saga January 8, 2013
- PAP mis-AIMed, faces blowback, part 6 January 7, 2013
- Even ex-PAP MP Tan Cheng Bock is troubled by the AIM saga January 6, 2013
- Is PM Lee Aiming to use a bazooka to kill an ant and scare off the rest? January 4, 2013
- Singaporeans, This Is It! This Is How Our Government Takes Our Money January 4, 2013
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Monthly Archives: April 2012
DPM Tharman: “Average Singaporean will not feel the effects of a sharp inflation” Seriously!?!
Shock of the day: Our Deputy Prime Minister Thaman has been quoted by the mainstream media as saying that the “Average Singaporean will not feel the effects of a sharp inflation” in a speech he may at a May Day … Continue reading
Don’t See, Don’t Hear, Don’t Speak. And now Don’t Write?
Amidst the brouhaha, there is a small silver lining in the Government’s call for an Internet Code of Conduct. Our rulers are getting nicer. Think about it, they could have just banned the Internet or pass new regulations and laws … Continue reading
“Love Singapore, Our Home”?
Read a comment in the news by the Chief Guards Officer in charge of Singapore’s National Day Parade 2012. Colonel Desmond Tan commented on the theme for this year’s National Day which is “Love Singapore, Our Home”. He said: “It … Continue reading
Everything costs more and now they want to make us pay for plastic bags too?
The Straits Times reported today (23 Apr 2012) that supermarkets here may be required to start charging for plastic bags soon. According to the report this is based on a proposal by the Singapore Environment Council (SEC), a non-government organisation, … Continue reading
Posted in Society
Tagged save gaia, SEC, plastic bags in Singapore, charge for plastic bags, singapore governmen, protect the environment, save mother eartht, cost of living issues; rising costs in singapore, cost of living in singapore, 9th most expensive city in the world, singapore environment council, national environment singapore, pay for plastic bags singapore
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Speaking Up is Not Anti-Singapore
At a recent gathering with some Singaporean friends, the discussion inadvertently turned to local politics. But when I mentioned Mr Brown, our famous Singapore blogger, one of my friends asked: “Who??” And the punchline came when another friend answered:”Oh, I … Continue reading
Teen support for Edusave Character Award
Read a letter published in the Straits Times over the weekend by an 18-year-old JC student who defends the controversial new Edusave Character Award which rewards good character with cash. In her letter she says such awards will encourage her … Continue reading
Posted in Musing Out Loud, Society
Tagged Edusave Character award, MOE Singapore, singapore education, Singapore youth
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Not Many Native Singaporeans Left?
At a dinner party recently, we were conversing about how Singaporeans are different from other Asians when a young Malaysian who works here made a totally unexpected remark: “Well, there are not that many native Singaporeans left here anyway!”. That … Continue reading
