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Archive for the ‘Opinions’ Category

Silly hope that ST will not be like China Daily, Pravda or KCNA

Yesterday was the last time I will be reading from a subscribed Singapore newspaper. No right thinking person will read the China Daily expecting anything other than partial news that support the official line of the Chinese government. Ditto for Pravda ( Russian Federation) or KCNA ( North Korea). The only reason we will feel...

Is a legislated bonus PAP’s hypocrisy at the highest level?

I share the sentiments of Cheng Shoong Tat whose letter was published in the in the Straits Times forum page of 5 October 2018, namely, "Not way for government to act in a market economy". The PAP government has legislated that from 2020, cleaning companies must pay cleaners annual bonus. This has not only interfered with the...

Eight observation points on opening statement by SC Chelva Retnam (Part 2 of 8)

2. THE HOUGANG EXPERIENCE The party-political competitive context of town council work was recognised by MND in its review of the AIM deal, but it was probably theoretical for the MND officials. So it was for the newly-victorious WP MP-elects of Aljunied GRC and Hougang SMC on 7 May 2011.But not for Low Thia Khiang. He had a...

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