Tan Kin Lian’s Letter vs Ho Ching’s Perspective: Understanding How Par Policies Really Work
In a recent Facebook post, Tan Kin Lian recently wrote to the Chair of the board of directors of Income Insurance, arguing that a 1991 endowment policy will mature this year with a payout about 25 per cent lower than what was originally illustrated. He described this outcome as “unjustified,” claiming that the investment environment […]
Bullying in Schools: Why Punishment Alone Is Not Enough
Bullying provokes strong emotions because it strikes at our basic expectation that children should feel safe in school. The recent episode at Sengkang Green Primary shows how viral outrage often collides with the far more complicated realities of managing such behaviour in schools. Parents and the public tend to demand instant justice, usually framed in terms of […]
Singapore Is ‘cold’ And Has ‘No Personality’? Singapore’s Soul Is in Its People!
A UK woman recently described Singapore as “cold,” with “no personality” and “heritage” based on her previous visit. She was disappointed by the absence of ancient relics as she had hoped to find something old like an “ancient story” during her visit. Well, Singapore is a small country — you won’t find grand ruins scattered […]
Like others before him, is Leong Mun Wai the latest victim thrown under the bus by Pritam Singh?
Sometime in Parliament last week, a strange revelation cropped up. As we might recall, there was a poor West Coast couple who supposedly cried wolf about not receiving any help from the government. It led Mr Leong Mun Wai from the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) to swoop in with guns blazing to blast the PAP […]
Netizen tells Jamus Lim not to downplay our public service with his linguistic calisthenics
In just one Facebook post, WP Jamus Lim ran down everything in Singapore, from the quality of public service to education, healthcare and housing to expensive cars, ERP and taxes. In addition to posting this meme picked from social media, he also posted a graph with the time frame conveniently cropped out to show Singapore up […]
NTUC Calls Out Errant Practices of Local Security Company
Egregious, unethical, and indespicable. These are the words fitting of what a local security agency has done to game the Progressive Wage Model (PWM), lower their operating cost, all at the expense of the livelihoods of their workers. The PWM was first mooted by National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) to ensure that our workers, especially those […]
Nicole Seah’s recent post shows her lack of professionalism.
Recently, Nicole Rebecca Seah Xue Ling (“Nicole Seah”), Kenneth Foo Seck Guan (“Kenneth Foo”), and the Workers’ Party (“WP”) East Coast Team visited the newly renovated hawker centre located at Blk 216 Bedok Food Centre and Market (“216 Hawker Centre”). On December 3, Nicole Seah and Kenneth Foo posted on Facebook regarding their visits to […]
Let’s not be greedy for more, and kill the golden geese that help keep our tax burden lower than most countries: Ho Ching
In a Facebook post, Mdm Ho Ching explains how the NIRC has helped to keep our tax burden lower than most countries. “Let’s not be greedy for more, and kill the golden geese that help us keep our tax burden lower than most countries, other than those who can benefit from oil reserves or other […]
The importance of political stability and why it matters.
Pakatan Harapan (“HARAPAN”) is known as the Alliance of Hope for Malaysia. In 2015, the Pakatan Rakyat coalition was replaced by the political centre-left alliance HARAPAN, initially led by Dr Mahathir Mohamad (“Dr Mahathir”). HARAPAN’s victory in the Malaysian general election in 2018 overthrew the 60-year-old Barisan Nasional coalition government. Among the activists in Singapore […]
Can I still afford it if my healthcare bill runs to a few hundred thousand dollars?
No matter if they are admitted to B2 or C class wards in public hospitals, patients will be eligible for up to 80% in subsidies. You can afford it with generous government grants, insurance, and MediSave. This is not a meaningless statement. Many people have testified to it. Case 1 A prematurely born baby spent […]