All projections into the future depend on assumptions. The same is true of the Population White Paper just released. It is one that has provoked a huge outcry ...
A few days ago, the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) issued a letter of warning to filmmaker Lynn Lee for “having committed contempt of court”. It asserted that two video clips released by her, featuring interviews with former bus drivers He Junling and Liu Xiangying, “amounted to co...
A few days ago, the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) issued a letter of warning to filmmaker Lynn Lee for “having committed contempt of court”. It asserted that two video clips released by her, featuring interviews with former bus drivers He Junling and Liu Xiangying, “amounted to co...
The hawkers’ association led by the above-mentioned Ng Kok Khim. From what has emerged so far, there is reason to believe that there was a political motive behind their actions. Alternatively, they had a misunderstanding, and then took advantage of the miscommunication to manufacture ...
The comment that caught my eye was one by an Eric Lim: “This is not even half-hearted…” he wrote. It was exactly my feeling as I read the news story preceding it in Today newspaper, 3 June 2013. Headlined “Wage recommendations have to gain traction: Labour MP “, it reported Member of ...
Oh joy, our economy’s bubbling again, says our nation-building press Published 24 May 2013 business and employment , economy and finance Leave a Comment Few things annoy me as much as when our nation-building press gets carried away. Today’s front page of the Straits Times has a headl...
But hold on a minute: There is more than one way to achieve parity. What about not licensing both? Instead of imposing new regulatory conditions on online media, why not dismantle the straitjackets on offline media? You’d notice that the government is silent on this. The issue is ther...
The headline on the front page of the Straits Times (14 May 2013) said “Khaw: Town councils political by nature”. It explains nothing. A country’s government is also political by nature. It doesn’t mean that the government can sell the Finance Ministry’s tax-collection software to a p...
The protest held on Saturday, 16 February 2013, against the government’s 6.9 million population White Paper saw the second largest crowd ever at Hong Lim Park. Organisers estimated it to be 4,000 to 5,000, which puts it second only to Pink Dot 2012. Walking around and observing the de...
