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Handicapped Grassroot Leader chided for “jumping the gun” when he sought PM’s assistance

I am using Temasek Review to air my grievances as i am a serving GRL but I was thoroughly disappointed with the way WDA handled my case as i was unemployed for the past three months and basically, no one from the ruling party even cares about my predicament. I was slightly disavantaged due to limping in my legs and I had personally...

Scholarship system used and abused by “foreign talents”

Just saw this Chinese article on Lianhe Zaobao: http://zaobao.com/yl/yl100830_007.shtml The writer was asking the government to review the scholarship system. She quoted a recent example of a student from China brought in by the government, which gave her a full scholarship to study. This China student did very well in the exams...

PM citing of Khoo Peng Beng as a new immigrant is a joke

I have a huge issue with PM Lee citing Khoo Peng Beng, the architect behind the Pinnacle, as a new immigrant. Peng Beng and I were classmates in secondary school in St. Patrick’s on East Coast Road. This was way back in 1983-84. To cite him as an example of a new immigrant is a joke. Peng Beng is as Singaporean/Malaysian as...