Where is the graciousness in govt?
By Gerald Giam Last night (this morning actually), I wrote a post commenting about the article, Discount ads on taxis illegal: LTA, which appeared in the...
By Terence Lee for theonlinecitizen Who would have known that in a brightly-lit street along Clarke Quay, an old trishaw driver would attain near-celebrity status when...
Riz Khan of Al Jazeera hosts a panel of 6 university students from the city-state of Singapore. They discuss their country’s restrictions on many freedoms for...
Special blog feature: By Yawning Bread Leong Sze Hian devours numbers like almost no one I know. Recently, he noticed something about healthcare costs and subsidies...
By Leong Sze Hian 77% Private sector benchmark = 9 months performance + GDP bonus? I refer to the Public Service Division’s (PSD) reply “Public sector’s...
Singaporean activist, Seelan Palay, is fasting without food for five days (starting at 9am, 31st Dec 2007) outside the Malaysian High Commission in protest against the...
By Jeffrey Leow Not too long ago, the Sydney Morning Herald reported, amid the seemingly rising anti-Singapore sentiments in Australia, the following with regard to the...
By Kamal Mamat Amidst the gloom of inflation and concerns over spiky social issues, one can sense that generally, 2007 has been a positive year for...
By Leong Sze Hian I refer to the article “Nov inflation hits 4.2%, 25-year high” (ST, Dec 25), and the news report “Singapore‘s Nov consumer prices...
By Travis Tan If a top-ten list of 2007 buzz-phrases were to be compiled, somewhere between “rising costs” and “enbloc fever” you would find “military junta”...
Higher pay means better leaders?
Transport problems a result of Temasek's involvement, says Mr Ong.
By Leong Sze Hian I refer to Stephanie Lim Pek Hsia’s letter “Cap number of foreign workers they can hire” (New Paper, Nov 10), and media...
By Leong Sze Hian I refer to the report “Fatter bonus payouts expected this year” (ST, Dec 15). It states that “Employers are expected to hand...