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Why Lee Kuan Yew is not the father of modern Singapore

Why Lee Kuan Yew is not the father of modern Singapore

Dear Mr Sam Tan (MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC),   I refer to your comments in parliament as reported by Straits Times on 5 Mar 2010.   You quoted Mr Otto Fong as saying that Lee Kuan Yew is the father of modern Singapore and that Singaporeans are his children.  MM Lee has referred to Singaporeans as descendents of peasants and... 

Signs that elections are coming

Signs that elections are coming

One has to read in between the lines to decipher news from propaganda Is it just my imagination or has the state media been orchestrating “feel good” news to prepare Singaporeans for the upcoming elections to be held by 2011? From the Housing Development Board (HDB) recording a deficit of S$2.119 billion to companies fighting... 

Appropriateness and integrity in the use of government statistics

Appropriateness and integrity in the use of government statistics

By Edmund Khor In the recent Budget speech 2010, the Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam claimed that the lax foreign workers policy had reduced unemployment and raised wages for Singaporeans. He said the huge influx of foreign workers had enabled the median income per household member to rise significantly for the four... 



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