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The Office of Dr Tony Tan has issued a clarification on his son Dr Patrick Tan’s non-combat National Service stint at the Defence Medical and Environmental Research Institute (DMERI, then called DMRI) on his Facebook yesterday following queries from netizens: It claimed that Dr Patrick Tan attended BMT and OCS before... 

A political sickness is spreading among the nations, across First World parliaments and First World governments. In America, we see Democrats and Republicans fighting over the US debt crisis. Voices of moderation drowned by polarizing, aggressive rhetoric. And while partisans fiddle around and pass the blame to each other,... 

State media Channel News Asia is launching a massive propaganda drive to glorify the repressive PAP regime ahead of the coming presidential election to generate public support for its candidate Dr Tony Tan. Using the misleading title of “A few good men”, CNA is calling on Singaporeans to leave comments about... 

In the past, our Mr Lee Kuan Yew liked to talk about being “Asian” and “different from the West,” and why a “Western-style liberal democracy” is not suitable for us. I think this topic is very important because it greatly affects how the public perceives politics. Firstly, let us not forget there had been past... 

China Daily, 27 July 2011 BEIJING – China Investment Corp (CIC) added $35.7 billion in new investment in 2010, which reduced the cash balance in the sovereign wealth fund’s (SWF) overall portfolio from 32 percent to 4 percent, according to its 2010 annual report released on Tuesday. CIC reported a net profit... 

After arresting and detaining hundreds of his political opponents in the 1960s and 1970s on the flimsy charge of being ‘communist sympathizers’, PAP supreme leader Lee Kuan Yew now made a shocking U-turn by publicly proclaiming and endorsing the ‘fraternal ties’ between the PAP and the Chinese Communist... 

Foreigners acting like they are Kings in Singapore is no new news! I travel all over the world due to my job and I’ve never seen citizens being treated badly in their own country. Foreigners or tourists respect the country they go to and they respect the citizens. But sadly, it’s not like this here. Just the other day... 

Dr Patrick Tan While most Singaporean doctors have to serve their National Service as SAF medical officers (MOs) and not in their chosen fields, a few have the privilege of going through ’special service pathways’ which are almost unheard of to outsiders. According to a tip-off we received, Dr Patrick Tan Boon... 

Despite the state media giving extensive publicity to its ‘excellent’ performance in the last financial year, Temasek Holdings’ annual return for 2010 pales in comparison to the sovereign wealth funds of other countries. Mr. Aaron Low, Straits Times Economic correspondent, had spoken with unrestrained... 

Dear Tony Tan Sir, Often times, this website has been blamed for being rude, crude and insulting. This site has also been accused of spreading hate and discord amongst Singaporeans. Netizens who post their views here are dismissed as the lunatic fringe who do not represent the silent majority of Singaporeans. I was one...