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Is GDP growth the appropriate performance reward measure?

On Monday, it was revealed in Parliament by Opposition MP Low Thia Kiang that manpower expenditure for our political appointment holders saw a 30% increase from an initial estimate of $58.3million to a revised $75.7million for FY2010. In fact, total salary bill saw a 49% increase from the actual $50.8million for FY2009. The...

Is it in your interest to vote for PAP? (Part 2)

For Part 1, visit https://www.tremeritus.net/2011/02/27/is-it-in-your-interest-to-vote-for-pap-part-1/ The chat between Mr Tan and Mrs Tan on the general election continues. Mrs Tan is growing increasingly impatient with her husband for his rising pro-opposition stance. Mr Tan maintains his cool composure throughout. Mrs Tan: Sometimes,...

Why Equating LKY to Saddam Hussein is Stupid

Any person who's remotely interested in Singaporean politics would have heard, read and maybe, in a moment of frustration, uttered it. What is IT? IT is equating our glorious leader with a dictator. There’s all sorts of combinations. LKY = Saddam Hussein or LKY = Joseph Stalin or LKY = Mao. If we’re lucky, we might even...