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Are we fast becoming a country with 2 set of rules – one for PAP and another for everyone else?

Are we fast becoming a country with 2 set of rules – one for PAP and another for everyone else?

The Education minister Ong Ye Kung says educational institutions must not be "misused for partisan politics"; and he has made a huge song and dance about it in Parliament. But in 2015, the PAP itself made use of a facility which should not be used for partisan politics - a nursing home in Sembawang to hold its press conference... 

SBS increasing its fares but not spending more judiciously?

SBS increasing its fares but not spending more judiciously?

I refer to the news that bus and train fares will go up by 9 cents per trip from 28 Dec 2019. 9 cents per trip more to an individual passenger isn’t a lot of money but when taken together, 9 cents multiply by the millions of bus and train passenger trips each day will translate into hundreds of thousands or even millions... 

Bad news turned into good news – that’s how a state controlled Media reports

Bad news turned into good news – that’s how a state controlled Media reports

The state Media even found reason to celebrate (on behalf of MOM via positive reporting) when "More workers were injured on the job in the first half of this year, but the number of workplace deaths dipped to a seven year low". The report in ST on 1 Oct 2019 was silent on the nationalities of those who lost their precious lives... 



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