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Propaganda would have us believe that ministerial salaries started to increase only in the 1990s. Fact: Shortly after independence, daylight robbery had occurred like nobody’s business. [ Link ] To put PAP’s humongous salary increase into perspective, all we need to remember is ministerial salary at independence and... 

Jeremy Tiang, the award winning Singapore writer, spoke at the London launch of his debut novel “State of Emergency”. His novel spans across seven decades, and through half a dozen key characters, Jeremy explored the lives and thoughts of left wing activists from Singapore and Malaysia. Having read his novel, I was curious... 

Something is horribly wrong when from a young age, children are exposed to gambling. They enter a 7-Eleven or sundry store and there is the Singapore Pools outlet. It’s here, there, everywhere. Every day, people make donations to Singapore Pools courtesy of Toto, 4D, football betting and Singapore Sweep. These donations (under...