Poverty is used by the government to win votes?
Poverty is a powerful tool which can used by those in power. A cycle of handing out cash freebies is both addictive to the one receiving and the one providing. Do not get me wrong as I believe people in need of help for that moment to survive and I am all supportive that they be given the help they need. On the other hand something...
What PM, PAP can learn from very rich tech entrepreneur
And by so doing make sure that S’pore will remain a de facto one-party state forever and day: though there won’t be mega-rich ministers*. Mr Von Ahn is CEO of Duolingo, the world’s most popular language learning app, with 200m users. He also has academic credentials that PAPpies can only dream about. And best of all he’s...
Kevin Kwan – NS defaultor but making it good abroad
Kevin Kwan Yet another heavyweight Singaporean making it good abroad after defaulting his national service liability in 1994 – Kevin Kwan of Crazy Rich Asians fame – straight after the footballer Ben Davis saga. My belief is that there are more than a few hundred Singaporeans or PR who have defaulted on their NS liability...
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