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Cows, frog and PM Lee’s National Conversation

The call for a national conversation is not really a new one. Back in the year 2000, barely 8 months after the conviction of former PAP MP Choo Wee Khiang and when Singapore was facing one of the worst economic slump since independence, because of recession in the European Union and GDP slow-down in the USA, then-Deputy Prime...

Food prices: Should we believe Lee Yi Shyan or the BBC?

Lee Yi Shyan (Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry & Ministry of National Development) Last month when asked about the current drought in the United States Midwest which is affecting corn and soybean crops, Mr Lee Yi Shyan, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry and National Development and...

All PRC workers in SG should return home to work

I live in China and understand me when I tell u this… All the PRC workers should return to China to work. Simple numbers. Their current pay is S$760 +++ i.e. S$1,000 = RMB5000 approx per month. For this amount, they have to leave their home towns, their country. They are in debt from the get-go and owe as much as S$6000 (approx...