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The evidence that the Social Enterprise hawker centre model is badly flawed

In Why the Social Enterprise hawker centre model is badly flawed I posted an analysis from a FB poster that the Social Enterprise hawker centre model is badly flawed because hawkers have little bargaining power, so taking the strict legal route is not the way to go. Here’s the evidence albeit the example is not directly...

Dr Tan Cheng Bock should forget about uniting the opposition, instead seek to coalesce and unite the people’s anger, frustrations, cries and disbeliefs

Dear Dr Tan, it has been four months since the 28 July, SDP-initiated discussion to form a new opposition coalition. But there appears to be no progress since. If our past is prologue, the formation of any alliance is dead in the water. The 2001 Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) made no meaningful headway with only Mr Chiam...

Is Singapore a police state?

“Willy Sum” not his real name, is under police investigation. He is alleged to have committed criminal defamation with just one letter to TOC that contained the word “corruption”. He uses this pen name because he does not wish to be mistaken for a foreigner. For that, the police had ruined his holiday in Taiwan. It was...