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I am a Singaporean working oversea in USA. I am very shock to see postling like this: PRC Singapore PR: Singaporeans are stupid It is giving me 2nd thought in coming back Singapore. Pls take situation of the posting and battle between PR and Singaporean. IT is not very good for our country image that the quarrel between... 

The Public Utilities Board (PUB), has awarded a S$22 million contract to raise a stretch of Orchard Road (from Orange Grove Road to Cairnhill Road). The project, which is part of PUB’s continuous effort in drainage improvement and flood management, will start next month and is expected to be completed in the second... 

As part of the Land Transport Authority’s quarterly review of ERP-priced roads and expressways, rates across 23 Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantries around the island are set to go up, effective November. This may be the largest instance of gantries affected this year and motorists passing through 23 of these... 

Dear Mr Eddie Teo,   I refer to the 24 Oct 2010 Straits Times report of your opening address at the Singapore Seminar 2010.   Singapore is not unique in spending large sums of money on scholarships for top students.  East Asian nations in general award scholarships to their top students.  Also, we have been awarding... 

To be involved with politics, one must either be for or against the ruling party. So how can the editors and contributors of TR claim to be ‘unbiased’ when clearly the trend for the site has been anti-ruling party. Furthermore, your site reads ‘Our editorial position is consistently based on social justice,... 

Credit Suisse has cut Singapore Exchange to ‘underperform’ from ‘outperform’ and lowered its target price to S$7.50 from S$11.20.  In the report, Credit Suisse said: …although SGX’s bid to take over Australia’s ASX Ltd could be accretive for earnings per share, it could be destructive... 

Singapore Exchange’s A$8.4 billion takeover of the Australian Securities Exchange faces a new hurdle as key political leaders voice concern over the deal, sending ASX shares sharply lower. Senator Bob Brown, leader of Australia Green Party said he will not support the foreign takeover of the ASX, and did not believe the... 

All this commotion about the sale of the TR domain for $1 and to a non-Singaporean businesswoman is becoming somewhat distracting. They are NOT after the domain name.  Ulimately they are after the owners/editors of this website, no matter what it is called. That earlier episode with Dr Ong and the ‘good’ name of TH... 

I’m overseas and getting access to the Internet is not so easy in some places. A few days ago on the 19 Oct 2010, I wanted to post something on the 4th anniversary of the Wee Shu Min incident [Link] but couldn’t get access to the Internet. For many Singaporeans, that incident was a wake up call to the widening... 

One US Dollar, and a goodwill payment for the lease of the servers for 12 months and some patience. That was all it took to bring an end to the Temasek Holdings versus Temasek Review Saga. The Temasek Review Team have successfully removed themselves from the entanglement, while sticking it (up) to the powers that be that...