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In her commentary piece of 13 Jun 2011, headed, “ Plumb depths of floods for good solutions”, Tan Dawn Wei quoted the PUB as having told her that (quote) “ Cuscaden also sits on a higher plane, so water should be flowing down to Orchard Road instead, it added.” (end quote). That got me rather curious since I have... 

CPF issues and grouses are expected to take center-stage at a ‘black picnic protest’ held tomorrow at Hong Lim Park from 5pm to 7pm. The event is organized by transitioning.org, an NGO dedicated to helping unemployed Singaporeans and led by Mr Gilbert Goh who contested in the recent election under the banner... 

The Straits Times has devoted a shocking 10 articles spread over 4 full pages of propaganda to promote SPH Chief Dr Tony Tan who announced yesterday that he will be contesting in the coming presidential election. Besides replaying Dr Tony Tan’s ‘track record’ like an old tape-recorder again and again,... 

National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan has been criticised by the real estate industry, with certain players saying he is blurring the lines between personal opinion and public policy According to a Straits Times report, real estate developers and agents have been “rattled” by the frequent blog postings made by... 

Many Singaporeans believe they do not have enough money for retirement or to cope with the unexpected, results of the latest Consumer Attitudes to Savings study show. Half of 1,000 respondents to a survey commissioned by insurance firm Aviva for the study said they are worried they will not have enough money for an adequate... 

A large-screen advertisement promoting ‘foreign talents’ to prospective employers was spotted by an observant netizen at a bus stop in Tanjong Pagar, the constituency of PAP supreme leader Lee Kuan Yew: The agency claims that is able to recruit ‘foreign talents’ at $0 from China, India, Pakistan,... 

Times are tough for PAP activists. In the aftermath of GE2011 where the PAP parliamentarians suddenly discovered the disconnect and alienation between people and government, it is inevitable that we should see the blame game be put to good effect. PM Lee’s apology certainly wasn’t going to end during the GE... 

The last time we invited experienced property journalist Mr. Khalil Adis to write for us exclusively on this issue to highlight the flight of Alvin Eng who approached us Property Buyer for help on this matter of HDB eviction. We wrote to Ms Goh of HDB on behalf of Alvin Eng and HDB rejected our appeal for Alvin Eng to pay... 

Over the past few days, the PAP government has been blowing their own trumpets boasting their success in lowering unemployment rate to a 3-year-low, 1.9%, in a recently published statistic, they seems to have deliberately omitted the issue of underemployment that has hit Singaporean Professionals, Managers, Executives and... 

THE number of marriages in Singapore dipped in 2010, while divorce cases crept up again. The Singapore Department of Statistics released these figures in their annual Statistics on Marriages and Divorces for the year 2010, on Wednesday. A total of 24,363 couples pledged to love and cherish their partners forever –...