Netizens react to WP Jamus Lim’s suggestion of an environment tax on SIA
Jamus Lim demonstrates the difference between an economist who is an academic and those who are practitioners. Netizens are shocked, and outraged by his suggestion of an environment tax on SIA.
Diversity kills when it has no grasp of reality
When diversity is of the sort where politicians make suggestions without any grasp of reality, Singapore is weakened by it. This is the kind of diversity Singapore does not need.
Lim Tean arrested; Client alleges Lim misappropriated money awarded to him as damages
Two police reports filed against Lim Tean. One for misappropriating money awarded by the court to a client he represented, the other for unlawful stalking of a former employee.
Adjournment Motion? Let’s not play games. Put in a full motion, says Calvin Cheng
If the Parti Liyani’s case is of that much concern to WP and Sylvia Lim, then she should have put in a full motion for a full debate in Parliament, former NMP Calvin Cheng said. What is an Adjournment Motion? “An adjournment motion is when a backbencher wants to speak on something at the END […]
Speaker Tan CJ dismisses false narrative by PSP Leong Mun Wai and Lee Hsien Yang; criminal justice system to be given full hearing in Parliament
The false narrative spinners think that due process should be thrown out of the window in favour of popularity. Talk about justice. When due process can be changed according to one’s whim and fancy, where is the rule of law? And if there is no rule of law, where will justice be?
CDCs: eyes and ears on the ground, hands and legs to implement programmes
CDCs – or Community Development Councils – often take a low profile, working quietly but steadily to fulfil their mission. But their contributions become vital and more apparent in times of crisis, PM Lee said at the Swearing-In Ceremony of Mayors on 23 September 2020. Take the COVID-19 pandemic for example. The CDCs responded with […]
Pritam Singh acknowledges the religious harmony in Aljunied GRC
Our religious harmony, just like racial harmony, is always work-in-progress. It is precious but fragile. The religious harmony that Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh observes in Aljunied GRC is reflected across the whole of Singapore. This harmony is a treasure that all Singaporeans can be proud of. It therefore warms the cockles of my heart […]
Like father, like son
“I’ll follow you.” Mr Lee Kuan Yew wrote in Hard Truths: “I used to make sure once a year at least, sometimes twice a year, to take the whole family to Cameron Highlands or Fraser’s Hill for two weeks and play golf. My children would walk around the golf course with my wife and me. […]
What did Mr Lee Kuan Yew say to the legal fraternity?
Mr Lee Hsien Yang and Mr Andrew Loh alluded to Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s remarks to the legal fraternity in 1986 without providing the context. In so doing, they deliberately misled their readers by attempting to link Mr Lee’s remarks to Lucien Wong. Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s remarks had nothing to do with Lucien Wong. […]
Minimum wage is politics. Progress Wage Model is practical solution
A compassionate approach to helping low wage worker requires more than just a call for a minimum wage. It requires hard work to ensure the wage is sustainable, and more hard work to ensure an upward path for the worker. Many workers under the PWM is already earning more than the $1300 min that WP calls for. More than 78,000 workers have benefitted from the PWM. With the inclusion of the Lift and Escalator Industry, the PWM would