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I was interviewed by Dr Kieran James, a Professor in Accounting at the University of Fiji Saweni, for the blog Joo Chiat Road Online. Below is an excerpt of the interview.  What do you think of the tone and content of the anti-foreigner discourses going on in Singapore at the moment among opposition supporters? It is unfortunate... 

I refer to the article “Plunge in number of households surrendering flats” (Straits Times, Nov 12). Flats surrendered dropped 7 times? It states that “THE number of households that surrendered their flats to the Housing Board (HDB) due to mortgage arrears fell sharply – by about seven times – from 2008 to last year. Bank... 

Is the Singapore government speaking the same language as Singaporeans? Of course we speak English, but do we have the same vocabulary? Drums? When we tried seeking alternative views by reading the alternative media since our mainstream media is ranked 149th, the government said that the alternative media is spreading DRUMS...