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Khaw confirms value of HDB flats will be zero at end of 99-year lease
[Article first appeared in http://geraldgiam.sg on 7/2/14.]I asked the Minister for National Development, during the 20 January 2014 Parliament sitting, what the value of HDB flats would be once their...
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Dear TRS, I do not understand why Minister Vivian is provoking Indonesia further
Dear The Real Singapore,I woke up this morning and the first thing I saw is this Facebook status by our Environmental Minister Vivian Balakrishnan (refer to the screenshot I took above for...
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Indonesia Political Analyst: Singapore's three-point agenda over ship naming...
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Singapore has chalked out a three-point agenda with regard to its protest against Indonesia's recent decision to name its new ship, KRI Usman-Harun, according to an...
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What Happens if there's 3 or 4 Cornered Fights in GE2016?
I refer to "PAP Gerrymandering in GE2016" Click on http://therealsingapore.com/content/pap-gerrymandering-again-ge-2016As opposition politicians do their walkabouts and house visits, some residents...
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MND: AHPETC have failed to properly report their financials for FY2012
The Ministry of National Development today released a statement berating the Aljunied Hougang Punggol-East Town Council for failing to promptly submit its audited financials for the FY 2012 period.It...
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Mah Bow Tan is the Mute Champion in Parliament
Previously, I blogged about Mah Bow Tan being an AWOL Champion in Parliament since 2011 with his infamous 20 occasions of AWOL.Click on...
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AHPETC: MND's statement is incomplete and misleading
Background Story: MND: AHPETC have failed to properly report their financials for FY2012REQUEST FOR MND’S ASSISTANCE AND AUDIT OF AHPETCWe refer to the media statement by the Ministry of National...
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How much longer do you want dirty politicking to go on?
First it was AIM.Then came the hawker centre cleaning issue in which PAP grassroots members played a key role, aided by NEA under an incompetent Vivian Balakrishnan.This was followed by the issue of...
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Aljunied Resident challenges MND to sue AHPETC
I refer to the article “Auditors unable to fully verify AHPETC accounts for second year; MND concerned” (Straits Times, Feb 14).The Ministry of National Development has expressed concern that...
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The problem with the towncouncil system
Teo Boon-Pin"Pap tells us that our Town Councils are political toolsThis is a WRONG ideology.TCs are meant to be politically neutral so that every resident, regardless of political persuasion, can be...
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The PAP and the people — A Great Affective Divide
The following commentary was published in The Straits Times on September 3, 1994.It is no secret that while the PAP Government has inspired in the people much respect for its efficiency and much...
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Some of these PAP Town Councils are taking more money than it actually needs
When town councils raised (TC) its conservancy fees, the reasoning given was that it needs to meet operating cost. This gives the idea that our TCs will not have sufficient funds to operate optimally...
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SDP: Is this progress?
How has Singapore as a nation progressed since 2011? How do you measure progress? By unemployment rate? By exports and imports? By GDP? Unfortunately, the GDP does not take into account the quality of...
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Gilbert Goh: Will the PAP hold a General Election this year?
So is general election going to be round the corner this year? The last election was conducted only in 2011 and the prime minister has to call one by 2016 latest.Netizens set the alarm bells ringing as...
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SDP's ideas gaining traction
Years ago, the PAP and its supporters portrayed the SDP as an opposition party that opposed for opposition's sake. In other words, we did not have anything constructive to propose but, according to DPM...
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Environmental Public Health (Amendment) Bill – MP Png Eng Huat
*Article first appeared on http://wp.sgBy MP for Hougang SMC, Png Eng Huat [Delivered in Parliament on 17 Feb 2014]I support the bill but I have some concerns I hope the ministry can address.Mdm...
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Reform Party's Secretary-General getting death threats from his "Political...
I am now going to publish the latest death threat sent to my wife's email and cc'd to me and our son which my wife and I reported to the Police last night. Until now I have not gone public in the...
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As discontent grows, Singapore budget to tighten noose on the rich
Singapore is known as a tropical refuge for the world's wealthy, endowed with exclusive residential enclaves, a marina for super-yachts, two casinos and an annual Formula One race that brings in the...
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Sylvia Lim's speech on Public Order (Additional Temporary Measures) Bill
In Parliament, Workers' Party stood opposed to the new Public Order (Additional Temporary Measures) Bill which gives police and authorites more power to control activities in the Little India area.The...
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Pritam Singh's Speech on Public Order (Additional Temporary Measures) Bill
By MP for Aljunied GRC, Pritam Singh [Delivered in Parliament on 18 Feb 2014]For many years now, South Asian foreign workers, the same ones responsible for building our roads, schools and HDB flats...
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