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I am very concerned about the Sprit of Singapore is at stake. PM spoke on the Spirit of Singapore in his National Day Rally Speech which triggered me to ask what is the Singapore Spirit? Is it about working hard, having hope for a brighter future, doing well in school and get a degree or attaining the 5Cs? None of the... 

MM LKY has claimed that the best talents deserves the highest remunerations comparable to that paid in the Private Sector. Yet despite being paid ‘out-of-this-world’ remunerations for over ten years, Singapore continue to be led by self-acclaimed talents that has brought results that rates from mediocre to outright... 

Contact Singapore will be launching a mass recruitment drive in Kuala Lumpur from 8 to 10 October 2010 to hire Malaysian engineers: [Source: Contact Singapore] It is strange that MNCs and GLCs have to collaborate with Contact Singapore to recruit Malaysian engineers when both NUS and NTU produce thousands of engineering... 

Dear Prof Mark Oppenheimer, I am one of the bloggers from Singapore’s foremost socio-political blog, the Temasek Review. The fact that I have to write to you anonymously speaks much about the repressive state of affairs in Singapore. I read that you had questioned whether Yale should be involved with a country that... 

Dear Straits Times,   I refer to the letter by Mr Theodore Yeo dated 25 Sept 2010.   Mr Yeo wrongly accuses Mr Gerald Giam of describing democracy as being an auto-pilot to success.  Mr Giam described the fundamental principles of democracy that we should work towards, not cruise towards on auto-pilot.   Mr Yeo also... 

As public disaffection and disgruntlement against the increasingly unpopular PAP regime rise to a historic high, it is putting up all sorts of “wayang”  of late to mislead, deceive and hoodwink unsuspecting Singaporeans again ahead of the next general election. Desperate to placate Singaporeans over its insidious... 

With the next general election looming ahead, the PAP regime has gone on a massive propaganda overdrive to “address” the concerns of Singaporeans and soothe frayed nerves to the extent of pulling a wool over their eyes in cahoots with the sycophantic media. Sovereign Wealth Fund GIC which came under fire for... 

OPINION With escaped terrorist Mas Selamat Kasteri being back in Singapore’s custody, the shameless PAP regime has launched a propaganda overdrive to salvage its own battered reputation by proclaiming falsely that Singapore provided the “intelligence” for the Malaysian authorites to capture Mas Selamat. In... 

Despite spending an obscene $387 million dollars on the YOG, it continues to be hit by a litany of comical screw-ups. After PAP minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan had apologized last week for the printing of sample signatures on the appreciation certificates of some 45,000 volunteers, officials and athletes, another regrettable... 

Dear Mr Mah,   I refer to your statements as reported by Straits Times on 16 Sept 2010.   You said that immigration is not solely to blame for strong housing demand and that the sentiment nature of the market and broad economic forces are also at work.  However, for the HDB market, sentiments and broad economic forces...