
Why are we paying out-of-this-world salaries for mediocre governance?
Living in London and Tokyo, I thought there is heck a lot of bellyaching in Singapore over stuff like service outages by SMRT and Singtel, flooding (or ponding according to some) etc. Crowded trains, connections down, strikes - the Brits and the Japanese seems to take them in their stride. Well, the departed master did say Singaporeans...

$45.5 million worth of assets frozen in crackdown on illegal online betting syndicate
The police said in a press release yesterday (Nov 28) that 4 men and 9 women have been arrested as part of a crackdown under the newly enacted Organised Crime Act. These suspects – who are aged between 24 and 69 – are suspected of offering lottery and horse betting services through various illegal gambling websites. Through...

The problem with alternative media and why I don’t read most of them anymore
The report by The Independent (TISG) - about President Tan inviting the Thai king to eat KFC - is not only stupid - because it doesn't take a lot of commonsense and a nose for real news to know that such a thing is nonsensical - it also shows poor editorial oversight, or none at all. Second, the grammar in the report is horrendous,...
|
|
|
|
- One George Yeo equal 10 Keechi on The Case for a Diverse and Balanced Parliament
- Voucher Aunties on A Regrettable But Understandable Outcome
- Middle on None of the PAP labour MPs rose to speak when Parliament discussed the sale of NTUC Income Insurance to Allianz
- Sltupid Sinkies! on A Regrettable Incident and a Timely Call for Reform
- Diverse,better SINGLED-MINDED on The Case for a Diverse and Balanced Parliament
|