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Human Rights Watch’s report  on S’pore is partly based on interviews with civil society activists, journalists, lawyers, academics and opposition politicians, many of whom declined to be identified “due to fear of possible repercussions,” according to Human Rights Watch. S’pore is called “a repressive place”: “Beneath... 

LKY was acutely aware that his propaganda machine had worked wonders and he was not wrong – unfortunately – when he labeled Singaporeans “daft”. In 2010, LKY had tried to hoodwink Singaporeans into believing that HDB flat prices will go up forever despite having only 99-year leases. But only 2 years after LKY’s... 

By appointing inexperienced Seah Moon Ming as chairman of SMRT, the PAP has continued to court disaster. If CEO Desmond – the sixth Chief of Defence Force, a former 3-star general and SAF scholar – could only worsen chronic MRT issues, one should not expect a miracle from Seah. Almost daily, state media has been singing...