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Archive for the ‘Society’ Category

Solving Singapore’s Selective Persecution Syndrome

Is Singapore’s political and judicial system afflicted with a terminal disease - Selective Persecution Syndrome (SPS)? What is Selective Persecution? If 5 blacks, and 15 whites are arrested for shoplifting, but only the blacks are charged, then this is selective prosecution. Because such prosecutions are selective based on...

Under PAP ruke will Singapore become like UK or Venezuela?

In Hard Truth why PAP wins and wins I wrote about goodies for oldies from the PAP govt as its way of of bribing making sure that the vast majority of the Pioneer and Merdeka Generations continue voting for the PAP. As far as I’m concerned, we got the money for this and more, a lot more. Think of the buget surpluses: How...

What’s a bigger turn-off? The elite who flaunt their wealth or the elite who flaunt their humility and frugality?

Don’t flaunt your wealth, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong tells Singaporeans. At the other end of the spectrum, there are elites who blatantly flaunt their humility. They go to such great lengths to do so that it becomes cringe worthy. Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing is one who comes to mind. We know that he wears...

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