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Under PAP ruke will Singapore become like UK or Venezuela?

In Hard Truth why PAP wins and wins I wrote about goodies for oldies from the PAP govt as its way of of bribing making sure that the vast majority of the Pioneer and Merdeka Generations continue voting for the PAP. As far as I’m concerned, we got the money for this and more, a lot more. Think of the buget surpluses: How...

Is ‘fair comment, in the public interest’ sometimes called out as ‘fake news’?

I refer to gov.sg Factually Did the PTC change the fare formula to raise public transport fares? No, the fare formula is reviewed every 5 years to ensure that public transport fares remain relevant even as the public transport landscape evolves. How the fares change will depend on macro-economic trends and the extent to which...

What’s a bigger turn-off? The elite who flaunt their wealth or the elite who flaunt their humility and frugality?

Don’t flaunt your wealth, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong tells Singaporeans. At the other end of the spectrum, there are elites who blatantly flaunt their humility. They go to such great lengths to do so that it becomes cringe worthy. Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing is one who comes to mind. We know that he wears...