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According to the Expat Explorer Survey conducted by HSBC Bank, Singapore has the largest proportion of high-earning expatriates, far head of 24 other countries and cities. 45 percent of expats in Singapore earn more than USD$200,000 annually as compared to the global average of 21 percent. As the annual income of the top... 

By Justin Ong It was a nondescript Tuesday evening, cool and breezy, as six of us met at the lobby of Blk 601 Jurong West St 62 armed with newspapers and flyers, all-set and single-minded on our purpose to inform each and every Singaporean about the Reform Party. It brought to me a warm feeling to be in the company of regulars... 

It is breeze for Indian nationals to renounce their citizenship in Singapore, it seems, which may explain the increasing number of new citizens from India in recent years. According to a Straits Times report today, they can so so easily at Mustafa center besides the Indian Embassy. The application costs only $219 and takes... 

For the second time in less than a month, Singapore was hit by flash floods again which was unreported by the mainstream media to save the “face” of the PAP regime. Just two weeks ago, parts of Singapore’s Central Business District were submerged in flood water after a heavy downpour. (read more here) According... 

作者:费言 记得读初中的时候，我们有个老师常常说：这是一件令人辣手的事。。。。 从这时开始，我们就习惯用“辣手”而不知道什么叫“棘手”了。 据坊间人说，圣淘沙云顶赌场派了免费大巴，在柔佛新山周围的大小市镇，到处免费载送柔佛甘榜里的Uncle、Aunty到圣淘沙IR去消费，不知道这种“非法”到邻国鼓励乡下人赌博的作为，是不是得到我们尊贵的新加坡陆交局的批准呢？ 而这种不公平，公然破坏市场，抢夺人家饭碗，如SMRT的巴士地铁、新加坡德士司机，新加坡对马来西亚长途旅游巴士，新加坡国内旅游巴士的无法无天作为，为什么新加坡陆路交通局竟然会为虎作伥呢？难道，云顶赌场的法力真的这么高强？ 你看，“正义”一下子没有得到伸张，问题不就很快越演越烈了吗？ 我们PAP杨木光那些消费人协会的人一不小心，没有为弱势族群出来带头抗争，（对SMRT或者新加坡的任何交通业者来说，陆交局是他们的老板，所以，许多事... 

OPINION Speaking to the Malaysian media last week, former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi commented wryly that “Malaysians do not need advice from Lee Kuan Yew on how to manage their country” in response to Lee’s latest criticisms of Malaysian politics in a recent interview with New York Times. Similarly,... 

Singapore’s GDP may have grown spectacularly by more than 15 percent this year, but the wages of Singapore workers has remained stagnant or even declined in some instances. PAP leaders have been harping on Singapore’s GDP growth figures for an entire year to promote themselves as having governed the nation well. According... 

Author: Dr Wong Wee Nam 18 March 2008 On 5th of March 2008, just before the Malaysian General Election, Dr Mohd Mahathir, the former Prime Minister, declared in an exclusive interview with Malaysiakini, the online political website, saying “I believe in an opposition. I have always maintained that this country needs an... 

As I am writing this article on my way from Shen Zhen (where I am based now) to Shanghai, my heart is heavy. Too much has transpired in the last 18 to 24 months. Almost every conversation that I have with my family, my friends is about where this country is going and how things have changed. Besides the usual rant on immigration... 

A design fault with the staircases in Ang Mo Kio has resulted in the fatal fall and unfortunate death of a 73 year old widow Madam Kong Kim Hoe who fell down from a short flight of stairs.  Ang Mo Kio is the ward of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. According to the news reports, a railing at the staircase was partially...