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Parliament: Interesting replies not reported in the media? (Part 2)
I refer to the recent Parliamentary proceedings on 17 February, reported in Hansard. I found some interesting replies to questions that I do not remember reading in the media.Read Part 1 at:...
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‘The Emerging Elite’ by Devan Nair
[Transcribed by Jess C Scott from 'Not By Wages Alone (Selected Speeches and Writings of Devan Nair, 1959-1981)'.]“The Emerging Elite” (20 March 1973)by Devan Nair (Speech to the Kiwanis Club,...
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Are Australia's politicians underpaid?
Australian parliamentarians’ pay is generous by international standards. As a raw figure, it’s among the highest in the world – currently the base salary is $195,130 per annum. But because Australia’s...
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PM Lee: The people will decide whether they want the PAP in power or not
Speaking at a dialogue session in London, PM Lee said that Singaporeans are the ones who will decide who they want in power.He said that this decision will depend on how well the PAP continues to run...
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Chan Chun Sing dodges parliamentary question on public assistance scheme
MINISTRY OF SOCIAL AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT (Committee of Supply)13, March, 2014Dr Lily Neo (Tanjong Pagar): On my second clarification, the Minister earlier said that there will be assistance for...
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Heng Swee Keat: I've now introduced another 14,000 subsidised Uni places
In a facebook post on Friday, Education Minister Heng Swee Keat happily announced that there are an additional 14,000 University places available in local, subsidized universities.This comes as the...
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Marsiling residents open doors to SDP
Party activists were at the Marsiling housing estate this morning to meet and greet residents. Several residents welcomed us with warm smiles and readily opened their doors as we went door to door to...
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PAP MP Hri Kumar: Singaporeans are still weak in spoken English
There were two stories in the news this week about our education system. The Sunday Times of 30th March reported a speech by NIE’s Assoc Professor Jason Tan, where he introduced a new word (at least to...
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What Singaporeans must know before joining Opposition politics
Throughout my years of participating in opposition politics, there are many people who always ask me about "moles" or "ISD agents" in various opposition parties. Many are "concerned" about these people...
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Malaysian Defence Minister: MH370’s disappearance is a ‘blessing in disguise’
Malaysia's defence minister has sparked outrage after agreeing the tragedy of missing MH370 flight was a 'blessing in disguise'.It is the latest in a series of blunders by Hishammuddin Hussein as the...
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Ageism or foreign influx – which is the greater evil for our aging jobless...
We have seen close to a hundred jobless PMETs by now for this year and it looks like a new record since our annual average is about 200 clients for the past five years.The emails just came flooding in...
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Debunking PAP’s core values & attributes
A concern of the modern electorate is the diminishing returns of PAP as the governing party of Singapore.In this regard, I think that their deviation from their original socialist roots is the primary...
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SDP: We should take threat of climate change more seriously
It was hazy when we reached the capital of Malaysia but, fortunately, the situation had improved somewhat. On our ride to Malacca to attend a climate change workshop organised by the Council of Asian...
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SDP: Govt uses slick ads to boost image
In 2009, the Singapore Police Force released a video to demonstrate its preparedness to put down riots and violent demonstrations that may take place during the APEC meeting that was held in Singapore...
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17Mar1988: The most significant debate ever in our Parliamentary history?
First and foremost – thanks very much to ES for sending the following to me.In the annals of Singapore’s Parliamentary debates – perhaps the most significant and interesting debate ever was the...
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Education Minister Heng Swee Keat: Have Faith in the Singapore Education System
I am happy to announce that the Singapore Institute of Technology Act comes into effect today, and that SIT is now Singapore’s newest autonomous university.Congratulations to SIT! I met some SIT...
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Ten facts you may never know about our useless pro-government national trade...
Ten facts you may never know about our useless pro-government national trade union NTUC:-1. Formed in 6 September 1961 and now has 770,000 members since August 2013.2. It currently has 61 affiliated...
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Sinister reason why PAP wants 6.9 million population by 2030?
Just when Singapore was celebrating the euphoria of Worker’s Party enormous victory at Punggol East by-election by a landslide margin, a deflated PAP counter-punched with the sickening announcement...
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Do you know our PM once slapped cabinet Minister Dhanabalan on the face?
Dear The Real Singapore,I do hope you will share this with your readers. There are possibly a lot of things that happen behind closed doors that we will never know of but this is one thing that I...
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Lunch with the Financial Times: Lee Hsien Loong
As the Singaporean prime minister settles into his seat for lunch, I am fussing with my tape machines – two of them, just in case one fails. Lee Hsien Loong smiles faintly and says: “The NSA will give...
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