TR EMERITUS

Over the years, what I have observed when commuting on the MRT train during the morning peak hours is probably the same as what Singaporeans have observed - trains and stations are gradually getting more packed and crowded. Some days ago, at about 8.15 am, I "achieved" a personal "record" when I waited past eight trains before... 

I thought a comment from someone calling themselves “Sotongmee” raised enough interesting points to merit reproduction in full in the blog together with my response. This person addresses me as “sir”. I would like to say once again that that is unnecessary and far too formal. I would much prefer if you would just call... 

You know they are running out of excuses when the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) puts up a half hearted defence for squeezing Singaporeans out of jobs (and living space) with the 1 million foreign workers shipped ashore over the recent years. The five key contributions listed by MTI would be laughable if they weren't so...