Monthly Archives: May 2012

The Hougang Spirit Wins!

And so Workers Party has won the by-election in Hougang. And it won respectably with 62% despite all the bricks and bats thrown their way by the PAP and mainstream media during the campaigning. What does this win say of … Continue reading

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What is Real Courage?

“Courage” seems to be a key word in the PAP’s by-election campaign with candidate Desmond Choo and Minister for Education Heng Swee Keat mentioning this a few times when urging the Hougang residents to vote for PAP. In his final … Continue reading

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Hougang residents are a beacon of hope and an inspiration to Singaporeans. Huat Ah!

Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, who’s obviously a veteran in political tactics,  has  created a distraction by questioning Workers Party if it has been “honest and upfront”  over its reply on Hougang candidate Png Eng Huat’s previous candidacy for … Continue reading

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The Price of Being Silenced

“The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the … Continue reading

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Majority of Singaporeans will not be directly affected by inflation!? Who should we believe?

Some of us know the difference between the truth and half truth and the meaning of “spin” which is why we read carefully between the lines when it comes to news related to politics. For the uninitiated, spin is defined … Continue reading

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Always Here for You!

The Hougang by-election is hotting up and PAP’s candidate Desmond Choo has launched a touching little tagline for his campaign which is “Always Here for You”. He may well mean it but this tagline is just deliciously begging to be … Continue reading

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All Eyes on Hougang By-election – lightning rod of the nation

Singaporeans living in the Tanjong Pagar GRC must be turning green with envy upon hearing that Hougang residents will get to vote again for what may seem like the umpteen time in Singapore’s arid political landscape. The sudden announcement by … Continue reading

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Separating Singapore from the PAP

Separating Singapore from the PAP.

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