Source: The Sunday Times, Feb 16, 2014 How is the Government to find money for increased social spending? It is time the rich stepped up By Willie Cheng For The Straits Times ONE wintry night some five years ago, I…
This category captures some of my favorite articles related to Singapore be it famous speeches, opinions, commentaries, poets etc.
Source: The Sunday Times, Feb 16, 2014 How is the Government to find money for increased social spending? It is time the rich stepped up By Willie Cheng For The Straits Times ONE wintry night some five years ago, I…
” International Medical Centre : A Missed Opportunity, or Not Too Late?” See the full interview transcript here where top ex-civil servant Ngiam Tong Dow’s wide-ranging interview in the September edition of the Singapore Medical Association newsletter criticised Singapore’s “tamer” public…
Askmelah’s Note on 22Jan2014: 3 years after the election, the trust level with this Government continues to slip. Immigration continues to go up, prices of properties continues to rise to record level, construction boom is everywhere, MRT continues to break…
Source: Todayonline 9 Jan 2014 Leong Chan-Hoong A protest at Hong Lim Park over the Population White Paper in February. The churning undercurrent of grievances on this issue captured the national consciousness last year. Today File Photo What makes Singapore…
Source: Straits Times, Dec 29, 2013 By Chua Mui Hoong, Opinion Editor If there is one word to sum up Singapore’s experience this year, it would be Vulnerability. 2013 is the year the People’s Action Party lost whatever it might…
“I was born in a generation where every cent counts, so I believe we should spend our money wisely, and not on frivolities. Sometimes, I think our present Cabinet spends money on frivolities, and staging the F1 is my “favourite”…
Source: The Straits Times, October 21, 2013 Robin Chan On a recent trip to Bali, a Singaporean undergraduate experienced an epiphany. It was not quite what Elizabeth Gilbert described in her bestseller Eat, Pray, Love, but he reflected to me…
Source: ASiaone.com 10 Sep 2013 Tuesday, September 10, 2013 – 06:30 Han Fook Kwang The Straits Times Get ready for Bigger Government. That’s the message I am getting lately from an already Big G, including from the Prime Minister at…
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