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More Money For Outsiders
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop must have run out of discussion points with Singapore's Lee Hsien Loong when she moved from the Nuclear Security Summit talk to something called "reverse...
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Playing The Numbers Game
The Commissioner of Police's response to the Little India riot debacle was predictable: blame everybody except the guy in charge. We have read about their requisition for a souped up police car, and...
View ArticleA Matter Of Trust
Stop the presses: Two-room flats in sizes of 36 sq m and 45 sq m in Sembawang can be yours for just $10,000.The price of two-room flats at the EastLace@Canberra and EastCrown@Canberra projects are...
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Massaging Profits
uSqueez for the U.S. prezAlthough George Bush was one of America's most unpopular presidents in history, he was clearly a favourite with foreign leaders, who showered him with lavish presents during...
View ArticleAffordability Questioned
When the mainstream media puts out a full page article with the heading "Building affordable homes for S'poreans" you know that even the spin masters are tired of spouting out the same old lies. Hiding...
View ArticleApril Fooled
Today's the day when print media used to plant a fictitious story as a joke, and everyone has fun in spotting the spoof. But the humour is lost when they hike the utility charges on one page, and talk...
View ArticleLapses In Government Agencies
One of the most "rewarding" departments to work in any organisation is procurement. Under the euphemism of "guanxi" or other innocent sounding excuse, many palms have been greased. The art of the...
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Exploiting Tragedies
It's a well known fact. Politicians here exploit personal tragedies for their selfish agenda. Those banners and wreaths at funeral wakes are just another venue for their advertising space.Earlier we...
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Watch The Right Stuff
Onscreen violenceThe good news is that the DIY clothes hanger antenna works (thanks, anon@4/01/2014 7:18 PM), the band width was sufficient to pull in the digital broadcast signals. Then one starts to...
View ArticleCreative Talent
Eyes brows were raised when the Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA) announced that Singapore beat 43 other economies with a top score of 562 for problem solving. The prime minister...
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Cosmetic Law Enforcement
Demonstrating the elasticity of lawWho is the law here? Instead of being taken to task by the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) or its equivalent in the legal system, Woffles Wu has been censured by...
View ArticleRecounting History
The last advice Uncle Ben passed to Peter Parker in the first Spiderman movie was "With great powers, come great responsibility". When US Secretary of Defence Chick Hagel said something along those...
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Justice Is Blind
This would be a real joke if not for the seriousness of the offence. Mr Mahalingam was originally arrested for rioting, then the charge was downgraded to obstruction of a public servant. He faces up to...
View ArticleThe Reflections Of Lim
Lim Wee Kiak couldn't be more wrong when he said that Singapore Airlines (SIA) has better media management than Malaysia's handling of the MH370 incident. A senior Yahoo executive was furious when SIA...
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Food For Thought
The Sunday Times printed in full the interview by Financial Times's chief foreign affairs columnist, Gideon Rachman. Except the menu for lunch at the Park Terrace of the Royal Garden Hotel in London,...
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A Story Of Rank Incompetence
Martin Meredith goes beyond the subject of his book, devoting quite a lot of space to the people and politics around Nelson Mandela, and dwelling into the mistakes that plagued his political party...
View ArticlePriority Payoffs
The monthly Singapore Demographic Bulletin (SBD), provides the latest data on population, births, still-births and deaths. For the whole year of 2013, there were 39,874 live births in Singapore. Of...
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The Fight For Independence
This could be a clear, cut and dried case of harassment. Organisers of the Pilipino Independence Day Council Singapore (PIDCS) allege they are being harassed by anonymous callers demanding the...
View ArticleWatch Their Lips
On Tuesday night, Channel NewsAsia (CNA) aired an exclusive interview with head of the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) General Moeldoko. His official Facebook page documented the remarks, "Once again I...
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Wit, Candour and Angst
Timothy Eugene Garlock must have felt he's not one of the welcomed visitors in our midst, now that his commentary has been deleted. As an American citizen, he can't be accused of harboring vested...
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