Our bloated defence budget: What is the perceived threat?
By Gunslinger, Guest Columnist While many prominent Singapore bloggers have written about the top civil servant who splurged on a cooking class in Paris and about the inadequacies of the 2009 budget in aiding the needy, none has complained about the 6% dollar increase in the 2009 defense budget to $11.447 billion, which is about...
Is whistleblower protection necessary in Singapore?
By Darth Vader, Guest Columnist Reverend Ming Yi, the founder and former CEO of the Ren Ci Charity, is currently on trial for serious abuses of authority and mismanagement of funds. This is the latest scandal to hit the local charity sector, after the Youth Challenge scandal in 2007, and the NKF scandal in 2005. In all three...
Dr Allan Ooi’s case: MINDEF’s second letter still did not answer key questions
By Eugene Yeo In a report published on Straits Times titled "MINDEF clarifies SAF doctor's scholarship bond", the ministry said it would have preferred to keep such exchanges private out of respect for Capt (Dr) Ooi and his family. However, it said an earlier letter by the family had raised ’several issues’, and it was necessary...
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