Pritam Singh on track to be Singapore’s next Prime Minister
After getting open support from fellow Workers’ Party heavyweight MPs like Daniel Goh, Leon Perera and Dennis Tan, WP MP Pritam Singh will likely be voted the next secretary general of the Singapore’s...
View ArticleLTA to pay S$30.8 million to SBS Transit in legalised corruption
In a legalised corruption arrangement between the government and state-owned corporation SBS Transit, Singaporean taxes will have to pay the Temasek Holdings-owned company S$30.8 million for the...
View ArticleMinister Ng Eng Hen: Cyberattacks can shut down water and electrical supply
In his Total Defense message yesterday (Feb 14), Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen went on full scaremongering mode making absurd suggestions about cyberattacks “shutting down water and electrical supply”....
View ArticlePAP MP Zainal Sapari: Elderly should pay more CPF contributions
PAP MP Zainal Sapari, the assistant secretary general of NTUC, has called for the government to change the CPF laws asking for elderly workers to pay more CPF contributions: “Do away with the practice...
View ArticlePritam Singh: Workers’ Party cleared KPMG audit
Workers’ Party MP Pritam Singh today (Feb 15) announced that the outstanding financial issues at Aljunied-Hougang Town Council has been cleared. “All audits points resolved”, titled the announcement,...
View ArticleNTUC: We need more government subsidies
After raising childcare centres fees by 5% or S$33 a month, state-owned corporation NTUC now calls for more government subsidies. The largest childcare centre operator wrote in their statement...
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PAP MP Charles Chong issued fake news on campaign flyer
In his election campaign for Punggol East SMC in 2015, PAP MP Charles Chong was found to have issued a fake news rumor on his campaign flyer alleging that the Workers’ Party have misappropriated...
View ArticleSengkang residents walk on LRT on CNY due to breakdown
Due to a train breakdown, some residents of Sengkang had to walk on the LRT track on the first day of Chinese New Year (Feb 16). According SBS Transit, a light rail vehicle (LRV) heading towards the...
View ArticleMinister Chee Hong Tat: State media is trusted, reliable, accurate, objective…
In a ministerial visit to the government state media office at Singapore Press Holdings, Senior Minister of State Chee Hong Tat poured praises for the propaganda mouthpiece and encouraged the state...
View ArticlePrivate degree graduates see 40% unemployment in first 6 months
According to the latest Graduate’s Employment survey, private degree graduates in Singapore see unemployment rate hitting as high as 40%. 39.9% were unable to secure a full-time job within 6 months...
View ArticleOnly 3,000 public renters purchased HDB flat over 5 years
In yet another sign of growing poverty, the Housing Development Board (HDB) reported that only 3,000 public housing renters managed to purchase a HDB flat in the past 5 years. According to a state...
View ArticleMinister: No plan to cut ministerial salaries as austerity
According to a source who attended a closed-door forum held on Budget 2018, a PAP Minister* confirmed that the ruling party has no plan to cut ministerial salaries as an austerity measure. The...
View ArticleNTU Professor: Time to name “Lee Hsien Loong Road”, “Lee Kuan Yew Avenue”
In a forum letter to state media Straits Times, government university professor, Gopinath Menon, with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has called for the government to rename some of Singapore’s...
View ArticleWorkers’ Party succession completed, PAP’s postponed indefinitely
Two leaders of Singapore’s biggest political parties said the same thing: selection of next leader is up to the cadres. However, Workers’ Party Low Thia Khiang will be completing the leadership...
View ArticleLaw Minister K Shanmugam now meddles in US politics
Singapore’s Law Minister K Shanmugam yesterday (Feb 18) posted a commentary meddling in US politics and condemned “American-style” democracy: “The majority of Americans want gun control. But it has...
View ArticleGovernment force commuters to go cashless by March
Effecting next month in March, the Singapore government will be removing all cash top-up services at the passenger service centres of every train station. State media Straits Times describe the move...
View ArticlePAP MP Charles Chong: KPMG publishes fake news
Despite being proven to using a “missing S$22.5 million” lie to win his Punggol East election in 2015, PAP MP Charles Chong now hit back calling independent accountant KPMG a “fake news”. Just last...
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Minister Heng Swee Keat gives S$2.27 billion hongbao to corporations
Costing S$475 million over two years, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat today (Feb 19) announced that corporations will enjoy double the corporate tax rebate from 20% to 40% of tax payable. The rebate...
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GST to increase to 9% by 2021
In the 2018 Budget speech yesterday (Feb 19), Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat announced that the GST will be increased by two percent to 9% by 2021. The GST will be used to pay for exorbitant projects...
View ArticleFinance Minister: We need to borrow money for Terminal 5 and MRT
Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat yesterday (Feb 19) revealed that the Singapore government does not have enough money for the construction of Terminal 5 and upgrade the existing MRT lines. As such, the...
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