“Let me tell you what happens when we slow down too much. You get the reverse spiral. Low growth, maybe even zero growth. Last year we...
Singapore has been accused of launching a clandestine "Sand War" against its neighbours by paying smugglers to steal entire beaches under the cover of night.
A look inside Resorts World Sentosa.
Let me explain what happens when we make progress. HDB prices go up, private home (prices) go up, all asset prices go up. Everybody finds he...
TOC finally has a logo - after 3 long years of searching.
I am worried about this year too. Some Chinese couples prefer not to have children during the Year of the Tiger. In each of the last...
From the Economist: FOND of having the last word, Singapore’s government can nevertheless be flexible. Who would have thought it would be building casinos? But one...
Was the juxtaposition on purpose?
The starting point, clearly, for these government officers is that once you’re destitute, you need to be “rehabilitated”. Is the government saying that homeless people are...
“The work of a diplomat… can inconvenience the Singaporean authorities a great deal. This fact, plus my weak health condition compelled me a number of times...
The Online Citizen wishes all our Chinese readers a Happy Lunar New year!
If entire blocks of flats can be reserved for foreigners, it is hard to understand or accept why the same cannot be done for Singaporeans who...
I passed by Boon Lay Ave a few occasions and noticed that Block 216-220 is still intact. The former residents were told to move out due...
Unlike many of the cases we’ve met, Rahim and his family are not in the queue for HDB’s rental flats. They’ve used up all the ‘lifelines’...
Five SERS blocks in Tiong Bahru provides "exclusive" living for expats.