McDonald’s storm in a teacup
By Bhaskaran Kunju Cultural sensitivities can be taken too far, as McDonald’s would have learnt. After nearly a month long saga over the exclusion of a pig figurine from their promotional Chinese zodiac set, the fast food giant finally caved to public pressure and decided to include the animal back in its lineup. As a Singaporean...
Letter to MM Lee on daft Singaporeans casting protest votes against PAP
Dear Mr Lee, I refer to your comments as reported by Straits Times on 28th Jan 2010. You said that our flats are subsidised. But what is $40,000 compared to $100,000 to $200,000 increase in flat prices over the last three years? Even with the subsidies, Singaporeans end up paying a lot more. You said that our flats will...
An interesting question on a Singaporean’s identity
By Kelvin Ong I am a foreign born Singaporean in my early twenties. I was born and raised overseas for a decade or so. Despite this, my family is fourth generation Singaporean, as my great grandparents were the ones who migrated to Singapore (before/during the war I think?). Besides my siblings and me, everyone else in my extended...
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