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Joker Here, Joker There, Jokers Everywhere!

Joker Here, Joker There, Jokers Everywhere!

After belittling Workers' Party's Chen Show Mao's views on investing in social capital, it is amusing to note that Vikram Nair wrote in his facebook that it was a joke. [Link] I daresay there is more than one joker in Singapore Parliament. Tharman Shanmugaratnam joked that a family with an income of $1,000 can afford to... 

Refuting PAP MPs’ speeches in Budget 2012 Parliamentary Debate

Refuting PAP MPs’ speeches in Budget 2012 Parliamentary Debate

Dear Dr Janil Puthucheary, I refer to your questions to Mr Gerald Giam during Budget 2012 debate [1]. Mr Giam's claim that future generations would find it hard to keep up with the cost of living is not speculation but based on fact. Mr Tharman showed that medium income has risen 3.2% per year over the last five years or 17.1%... 

A Singaporean’s response to Tharman’s “buying HDB flat on $1K pay”

A Singaporean’s response to Tharman’s “buying HDB flat on $1K pay”

A reader's (SL) response on Mr Brown site to Tharman's $1k-a-month-can-buy-flat speech. Here is an excerpt of SL's email to Mr Brown: "Normally I would not feel compelled to e-mail a personality, but I'm genuinely very, very offended by Mr. Tharman's remarks that a family could buy a flat with a household income of just S$1k.... 



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