In 1997, former Primer Minister Goh Chok Tong made his national day rally speech entitled, This was what he said on the government view on Singapore’s foreign...
By Leong Sze Hian I refer to the article “Security guard scheme yet to draw more retirees, housewives” (Straits Times, Jul 15). Retirees & housewives aren’t biting?...
Choo Zheng Xi/Consultant Editor Before you read Mr Lee’s new book, keep in mind what the book holds itself out to be. It’s “One Man’s View...
By Leong Sze Hian After attending the ASEAN People’s Forum meeting at Yangon, Myanmar, I was invited to attend the 88 Celebrations event on 6 August. This...
By Ravi Philemon Last year at about this time I had said,”some would say it is the food that binds us – I’d say that although the food’s...
By Yap Shiwen With the MDA’s recent efforts to regulate online media, orchestrated by Yaacob Ibrahim and the recent statements by Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen...
By Jentrified Citizen This article was first published in Jentrified Citizen Singapore celebrates its National Day on 9 August this week and there is sadly no...
By Leong Sze Hian I was speaking on “How to Retire Without Any Worries in Singapore?” At Invest Fair 2013, when a young man asked me...
By Singapore Rat Race There seems to be a mistake in the Straits Times’s reporting over the safety lapses by SBS Transit which resulted in the death...
By Singapore Armchair Critic In 2010, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said this when asked about Singapore’s widening income inequality, “What really matters is whether we...
TOC Editorial The Online Citizen is concerned about the latest attempts by the government to clamp down on Singapore’s online space – specifically, forcing new website...
By Terry Xu Just a while earlier, someone forwarded TOC a police report that he made about a foreigner who had made harsh remarks on Singaporeans...
By CS Tan As I read about the use of the DRUMS (Distortions, Rumours, Untruths, Misinformation and Smears) acronym as a message to guard against online malice,...
By Terry Xu Every night without fail, I get to watch news from Taiwan due to my dad’s keen interest in news from the republic. Maybe...
By Jentrified Citizen This article first appeared in Jentrified Citizen’s blog In my last blog post I asked if our overly sensitive Government had declared “war”...