[Askmelah Note: 1. The manpower cost, time and legal fee involved will be way way more than the $1,000. Is our overly paid civil servants too free or what? 2. If this case happens to PAP-ruling council, will the…
Part of Orchard Road to go car-free once a month
Source: Todayonline SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 Starting next month, a 660m stretch of the road — running from ION Orchard to Ngee Ann City — will turn into a pedestrian-only street on the first Saturday of every month from 6pm to…
Singapore is very sick and here are the reasons
“Greed attracts greed. Period. Nothing good comes out of greedy people.” “The PAP’s philosophy that you go into government to get rich extends to its MPs, most of whom hold lucrative primary jobs, like Alvin Yeo, Jannelle Puthucheary, Hari Nair,…
Guide to recycling waste in Singapore
It is still work in progress….. related links: Wastage is a way of life in Singapore Aiming for a zero-waste Singapore
Family tragedies that lead to death in Singapore
Related link: Suicidal Situations In Singapore, Tragic Account of MRT Suicides From 2004 Onwards, Suicide at Yishun MRT Station in Singapore “On June 1 last year, Loh carried Gabriel from the living room to the kitchen window of her mother’s flat on West…
Famous Singapore Sexist remarks
Assoc Prof Lim Tit Meng is not the first high-ranking official or public personality to be caught in controversy over their seemingly sexist views or comments. In 2011, during the election campaign in Hougang SMC, the candidate for the…
Why the CPF Issues in 2014?
Creadit: Daily SG First the PM sues a commoner Roy Ngerng, accusing him of defamation despite the latter willing to apologise and compensate a token sum, then the social worker lost his job and then the PM’s lawyer (probably the most expensive…
Foreign sport talent imports don’t work!
Related links: The Flawed Foreign Sports Talent Scheme Flawed Foreign Sports Talent scheme Part2 We import foreign athletes? Hells yeah No pride in 76% of medals won by foreign-born athletes Lee Bee Wah quits because of foreign talent issues Despite…
MPs, where are your commitment?
Questions over lack of quorum Source: The Straits Times, Jul 14, 2014 I WAS disappointed to read that there were too few members in a recent Parliament sitting to pass two Bills (“Eugene Tan keeps an eagle eye on quorum numbers”;…
Ban foreign workers in cooking local hawker food
The standard of local hawker food has gone downhill esp in last few years due to the cheap availability of foreign workers. Askmelah notices many food court stall owners conveniently “outsourced” their trades to cheap China workers. With the low pay and…
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