[Contributed by Wong] My friends are praising Jamus Lim for his budget speech. In fact, his suggestions in response to PAP being stubborn about wanting to raise GST were brilliant….
PAP Likes to Make Opposition MPs Apologise
The PAP has asked several opposition MPs to apologise in parliament for their statements. Here are some of them.
Ang Wei Neng, Don’t Try to Backtrack on Your Statement!
After suggesting to have a time stamp on local university degrees, MP Ang Wei Neng tried to “clarify” himself. He said the “idea of the time stamp” was simply a…
Reflections From A Singaporean – PAP Is Living In Their Own Fantasy
[By Calvin Koh] PAP is living in their own fantasy and luxury and enjoyable world. They have lost touch with the ground on how so many people are struggling and…
“Automated” Tray Return in Hawker Centres More Low-Tech Than Army Cookhouse
All the crockeries crash into a big tub on the floor and a worker has to bend down, pick them up and sort them out again for washing.
Hello Tan See Leng, if We Don’t Squeeze the Rich Then Squeeze Whom?
The PAP government rejected WP’s proposal on alternatives to raising GST. In particular, Manpower Minister Tan See Leng said it disagreed with WP’s proposal to further increase property tax and…
PAP Supporter: Stop Complaining About GST. Spend Less, We Will be Fine
Someone said that Singaporeans complain about the GST hike because we cannot accept lower standards of living. If we did not spend on cars, expensive clothes and nicer houses, we…
PAP Members Are Not United, “Backbenchers” Have No Say
During the recent parliamentary debate on Budget 2022, the issue of succession planning was brought up. The more surprising thing is that a PAP MP brought it up, not someone…
377A – Why Does The Government Keep Laws That They Don’t Enforce?
[Contributed by Vance] Just today (28 Feb), the Court of Appeal once again dismissed challenges to Section 377A of the Penal Code. For those who are unfamiliar, 377A criminalizes sex…
NUS Study Finds Older Leaders Less Effective
By studying 577 listed companies in Singapore, an NUS study found that firms with many leaders over 60 tend to under-perform. These companies tend to have a lower returns on…