Heng?
During the last election, Minister Lim Swee Say said heng ah, he was born in Singapore and many Singaporeans agreed with him. But the truth is, you don't have to be born in Singapore to be heng in Singapore: 1) Minster Khaw Boon Wan, Senior Minister of State Amy Khor are amongst those who weren't born in Singapore but who heng...
The Endowment Effect on PAP supporters
There was an experiment where students were asked to choose between chocolate bars and mugs; 44% chose the chocolate bar. Then some were given chocolate bars, and they were asked whether they would exchange it for a mug, 90% chose not to, likewise for those given the mug only 11% chose to exchange. Linguistically this has been...
Singapore’s sovereignty is not at risk
I refer to the 30 Jan 2016 Straits Times report "Singapore's sovereignty 'never a given'". Ambassador-at-large Mr Bilahari Kausikan reportedly said: the 193 countries that make up the UN were sovereign, but beyond their "one seat, one vote and one flag" there, some were either being yanked every which way by major global powers...
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