Author Archives: Jentrified Citizen

Elections in Singapore: PAP's Strategy Uncovered

Reblogged from The Heart Truths: In this article, I will attempt to outline the strategies used by the People’s Action Party (PAP) to ensure that they are kept in power, and the systematic strategies that they use to enact barriers … Continue reading

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Indranee's curious claims

Reblogged from Andrew Loh: “Senior Minister of State for Education Indranee Rajah said the priority system for children going through Primary One registration is not linked to the government.” – TODAY, 13 May 2013. The Senior Minister was responding to … Continue reading

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In Singapore We’ve Forgotten: I Think That I Am Better Than You (Part 2)

Reblogged from The Heart Truths: This is a two-part article to understand the real problem facing Singapore now and how we can overcome it. Part 1 of this article can be found here. In Singapore, Where Is Our Soul? As … Continue reading

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PM Lee and Lim Swee Say: Revealing the Truth With Real Statistics

Reblogged from The Heart Truths: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister without any portfolio Lim Swee Say made some bold claims on May Day this year. (The real reason for not having a named portfolio is because it would … Continue reading

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Oppression and threats will not destroy our spirit

If you find it suffocating lately, it may not be the haze but quite likely it is due to the oppressive tactics by our government to suppress views that are critical of them and their policies. I had been hopeful … Continue reading

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Double Standards In Singapore: Only The Government Can Win

Reblogged from The Heart Truths: Do you remember when Member of Parliament (MP) Seng Han Thong who in December 2011 had been asked about the SMRT train breakdowns that he had remarked, “I noticed that the PR mentioned that some of the staff because … Continue reading

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Who says our kids can’t learn dialects and multi-languages at the same time?

Are our kids incapable of learning dialects and Mandarin at the same time? Our government thinks so. Education Minister Heng Swee Kiat said recently at a dialogue session that learning “dialects will burden school kids more” which makes it clear … Continue reading

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Mahbubani on "What is governance?"

Reblogged from The GOVERNANCE blog: Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, responds to Francis Fukuyama’s “What is governance?”: Francis Fukuyama has done the West an enormous favor with his essay … Continue reading

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Xenophobia? Clean up your own act before making accusations

With the Singapore court defending the retention of 377A which criminalises sex between homosexuals, I just want to tell our government this… a. Stop being homophobes. b. Stop being racist in some of your national policies (you know which races … Continue reading

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Singaporeans Happiest in Asia? How about Richest and Most Well-fed too?

I have seen a lot of bullshit surveys but the recent one claiming Singaporeans are the Happiest in Asia takes the cake for being the one with the biggest BS and a methodology that is laughable. Eden Strategy Institute (ESI) … Continue reading

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