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Watching television yesterday about the protests in Hong Kong and the violence that erupted late in the night, I cannot help reflecting on Singapore’s history. Most of us grew up with the history that was taught in school. We simply believed that the unrests in Singapore in the 1950s and 60s were caused by communists and that... 

Earlier this year the term 'Graduate Poor' entered our lexicon, a damning indictment of the PAP’s failure to stimulate job opportunities for the young. And now we hear of another infamous PAP invention, ‘The Sandwich Generation’. This has nothing to do with Lee Hsien Loong’s cruel quip of having to steal another man’s... 

When the British hastily ran away from an approaching Japanese Army, they left behind the People of Singapore to fend for themselves against the cruel marauders. Many of our People, especially the Chinese and Eurasians died during the Years of Brutal Occupation. The others who dared to help the targetted people were not spared...