Lives of Singaporeans through the eyes of Singaporeans
By Zen — In 2018, Hollywood, through its lens, portrayed Singapore as glamorous and expensive. A place for crazy rich people full of diversity and Asian ethnicity. All people enjoyed…
By Zen — This is a curse that must end! Singapore was shocked when we saw the news that our national badminton player Loh Kean Yew failed to defend his title…
Singapore suffers from a lack of education in critical thinking skills, fuelled in no small part by the strict curating and enforcing of societal narratives and news perspectives by the government.
Talk to any Singaporean on the street today, and it is inescapable that the topmost issue on everyone’s minds is coping with record inflation levels amongst the highest in recent…
An anonymous graduate wrote in to SGWhispers to share that they have been offered $3k for an office executive job. This means a $2.4k take home pay after deducting CPF….
By LM — The highlight of this year’s National Day Rally is that Singapore will be repealing Section 377A. Removing the penal code which criminalizes sex between men, although never…
At last night’s national day rally, the PM Lee Hsien Loong had quite a number of things to announce. While the main attention has been given to 377A, PM Lee…
By LM — Amidst the new announcement by the Public Transport Council (PTC) to review bus and train fares, the public reaction is outwardly furious. On 15th August, the government…
By LM — MOE finally announced that teachers and allied educators will be getting a 5-10% salary increase from 1 Oct 2022. This pay increment is long overdue. Salaries for teachers…
[Contributed by Zen] Recently, CNA published a commentary that talks about how the HDB is still affordable for the average Singaporean. The author argues that million-dollar flats are “just 1.4…