Singapore redefines braggadocio
Braggadocio: a. Empty or pretentious bragging. b. A swaggering, cocky manner. FOUR years ago, on 18 October 2006, I wrote an opinion piece from my 30th floor office in the UN Secretariat, New York, for the New Sunday Times. The title, Singapore is simply a neighbour too far, I thought fairly described my assessment of the state...
Blatant double-standards and bias in media coverage of PAP leaders
The blatant double-standards and bias in the mainstream media's coverage of wrong-doings committed by PAP leaders is evident in its recent articles on the conviction of YPAP leader Danny Soo Ee Hock for taking more than 500 upskirt photos of women. When his conviction was first made public, only his job as a sales manager was...
Property sales also fund our SWFs
Did you know that when the government sells state land to property developers, the money flows into the reserves (which are managed by our SWFs) and not into the Consolidated Fund like other government income? This is uniquely S’porean. Other countries credit land sales to income. The government’s rationale is that...
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