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Dear reades PSA Corps which is a GLC hiring lots of foreigners.But my concern is,why they are recruiting lots of malaysians with the same pay scale as singaporeans. Container equipment specialist with a Nett pay of more than $3200 given to malaysians with a very less qualification than a singaporean. And many singaporeans... 

The Straits Times has gone on a propaganda overdrive to salvage the battered image of controversial PAP newbie MP Tin Pei Ling with a most nauseating article on the frontpage of its online version ‘Breaking News’ today about her views on the DBSS flats. It is so desperate that it even put a link at the bottom... 

When not one but three ministers lectured Singaporeans on the realities of the Elected President, I suspected a hidden agenda. Now we know. It was to pave the way for former DPM Tony Tan. Reading between the lines, they are in effect telling us to forget all the talk about Tan Kin Lian and Tan Cheng Bock’s independent... 

Angry and disgusted netizens have set up a Facebook page calling for the removal of Melvin Singh as The New Paper’s deputy editor, giving him the dubious honor of being the first Singapore ‘journalist’ to have an entire Facebook page ‘dedicated’ to him. TNP published a deplorable hogwash on... 

The police is looking for the next-of-kin of a 76 year-old man who passed away on 8th April at a Jamiyah welfare home. The man has been identified as Mr Quek Teow Chuan, a former General Election candidate and a founding member of the Reform Party who at one time also belonged to the party’s Central Executive Committee. Mr... 

I had been having physiotherapy at SGH since June 2010  For each visit the appoinment was on time. On one or two occasions a five ten minute wait was acceptable to me About 3 weeks ago the appoinment was running late by 2 patients behind. I just discovered that a VIP’s wife had jumped the queue and all the patients... 

Dr Vincent Wijeysingha was to speak at the Liberal International’s 57th Congress held in Manila, Philippines, last week. The theme of the Congress was Human Rights and Trade. He was scheduled to speak in a panel “Economic growth and human tights – mutually exclusive?” chaired by the Secretary-General... 

This is part two of a previous post here. This is a follow up to the previous post on DPM Tony Tan’s role in university education reform. There are a number of objections and replies to what was posted here and elsewhere. It is only fair if they are addressed. Apart from that there are new points to be made here as... 

Migraine, frustration, insomnia, nightmares, pressure, Insecurity, tiredness, stomach discomfort, paranoia. These are some of the words residents of Blk 686 at Woodlands used to describe their experiences following the saga when a dead body was found in their water-tank. They were among the more than 20 residents who attended... 

Pilots used to be a much sought-after profession in Singapore, but it appears that Singaporeans are ’shunning’ the job as well which prompted Singapore Airlines (SIA) to put up a job advertisement in India to recruit and train Indian nationals to become SIA pilots. According to an amused netizen who tipped us...