Singapore cooling: Property measures spell danger
Singapore’s sweeping package of property cooling measures to curb rising home prices not only applies to foreigners buying properties in the city-state, but has gone one step further to include permanent residents (PRs) and citizens. Introduced last Friday, this is the government’s seventh round of measures since 2009 and...
A poll during the blackout period? What was ST thinking?
Fact: Straits Times published on 10 June 2013, the results of a poll it claimed to have conducted amongst Punggol East residents after the Writ of Election had been issued. The best part about it was that ST openly stated that the poll was 'after' the Writ of Election. Fact: It is an offence under the Parliamentary Elections...
PAP十宗罪之六 ：焦土
有人说李光耀是政治家，或许他自己也这么以为。但是，他实在是离开政治家的风范太有一段距离了，这距离远到降低政治家的标准也不能入围，因为他缺乏的，就是作为一个政治家最起码的风范--这，说起来也真是尴尬。 南非黑人总统曼德拉就是一个不折不扣的政治家。他的人生就是传奇。27年的牢狱之灾，使得他超越种族的观念、不念栈权力的作风、宽容囚禁他的政敌等等传奇事迹让人如沐春风。加上他的一贯性的幽默和微笑，更让人尊敬，成为一个世界级的偶像。 1993年10月，实至名归，曼德拉被授予诺贝尔和平奖，可说是典范永存。然而，我们的李光耀呢？铲除政治异己从来就不手软、对付异议者从来就不宽容、压制言论从来就是雷厉风行。 如...
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