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Afterthought on the Geylang Serai Ramadan Bazaars 2023

Now that the Geylang Serai Ramadan Bazaars 2023 is over, I would like to share some thoughts on the back of numerous cries and complains about hefty rental rates over that 36 days period. I want to begin my post by stating clearly that profit is not a dirty word, however, exploitative behaviours or profiteering, if any, in any...

Don’t expect the PAP to change their playbook

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong This week, the People’s Action Party (PAP) whipped out their playbook and gave us their greatest hits. Except that the lines have long become tired, jaded, stale. Rinse and repeat. Reuse and recycle. The PAP showed that all the talk about change and reinvention was just talk. It cannot bring...

Workers’ Party 7 Ayes for the amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act and the Constitution

Mr Pritam Singh WP Chief, Mr Pritam Singh should not have supplied the PAP with 7 Ayes for the amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act and the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore. The amendments in respect of the MDA enhanced the power of CNB officers and its director to arrest and detain alleged users of drugs which now...