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REACH poll: Half of Singaporeans happy to pay more for GST increase

According to a government poll conducted by REACH, half of the 1,211 Singaporeans surveyed over the phone said that they support paying more for tax increases like Carbon Tax and the GST. The...

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Singapore’s war on fake news

States Times Review calls the state media and ministers “fake news” fabricators, and in turn, Minister K Shanmugam and the mainstream media calls the Australian website “fake news”. It is a war to...

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Li Shengwu: My grandfather does not want Singaporeans build shrines to him

In an interview with international news media Al Jazeera, Li Shengwu reiterated that his grandfather Lee Kuan Yew did not want Singaporeans to build a memorial or heritage centre for him: “My...

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Fighting propaganda fake news should be priority

“Raise the GST to help the poor”, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in 2006. From then onward, Singapore spend the next decade with the highest cost of living and rising inequality. There are more...

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Lee Hsien Loong: Public transport fares go up for good reasons

Defending the increase in fares and worsening rail reliability in public transport, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong claimed that Singaporeans have to pay more for “good reasons”. Without explaining...

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Lee Hsien Loong: Singapore is a multi-party democracy

When questioned by students if the single-party dictatorship is willing to give up power to allow diverse voices, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong openly lied claiming that Singapore is already a...

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Lee Hsien Loong: I can track a person anywhere through the telcos

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong revealed in his response to a student’s question on the government’s collection of individual’s data, that he is able to track a person anywhere in Singapore through the...

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Speaker Tan Chuan Jin given another crony directorship

With no medical background or even a day of private sector experience, part-time PAP MP and Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan Jin was appointed to be the Chairman of government-linked corporation,...

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Fake news alert: Straits Times attacking Chen Show Mao

In yet another move to sow discord and sabotage the Workers’ Party, government state media Straits Times quoted 3 anonymous “cadres” criticising WP MP Chen Show Mao. The Straits Times quoted an...

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PAP hire big data marketing firm Blackbox Research for political surveys

Remember Law Minister K Shanmugam lambasting Facebook at the public hearing over the breach of user data to Cambridge Analytica, which contributed to Donald Trump’s election in the US? The fact is the...

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State media Ricemedia: Security guards are sleeping on their job

In a propaganda support to government’s failed campaign SGSecure, state media Ricemedia launched an attack on low-paying security guards, claiming that the elderly Singaporean and Malaysian guards are...

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These PAP Ministers are going but you won’t miss them

Singapore was an economic miracle, if one considers it’s location in turbulent Southeast Asia rived with racism, religious discrimination and communism. The success story of Singapore from 1965 was a...

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Three reasons why Lee Hsien Loong must delay his succession

Why is Lee Hsien Loong not retiring? Despite being one of the oldest Prime Ministers in the world and welding power for more than 14 years, Lee Hsien Loong said he still need “a little bit more time”....

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Government to put cameras on street lamps

To ensure Singaporeans do not protest on the streets, the Singapore government will be installing more than 100,000 surveillance cameras on street lamps. Government technology division, GovTech, told...

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Elderly Singaporean: I can’t retire, nobody is buying my resale flat

An elderly Singaporean wrote to state media Straits Times earlier this week (Apr 3) calling for the Singapore government to help him sell his flat. Elderly Ronnie Tan wrote in his letter that he is...

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Pritam Singh elected WP Chief

Elected by party cadres today (Apr 8), MP Pritam Singh has become the next Workers Party secretary general. WP MP Sylvia Lim was also re-elected as the chairman. Both seats were given a landslide and...

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The unsung hero of WP: Chen Show Mao

With unanimous votes, the Workers’ Party yesterday displayed the traits of a mature and sound organisation. The election, which in it’s nature should be divisive, has turned out to be an indicator of...

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Lee Hsien Loong: Speaker of Parliament position is part-time

In a forum letter to state media Straits Times, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong published a letter defending Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan Jin who is working only part-time as the S$550,000/yr...

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Select Committee admit publishing fake news

Singapore’s Select Committee on fake news has ironically published inaccurate summaries of witnesses and had to make amendments yesterday (Apr 10). At least 5 witnesses who attended the public hearing...

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Singapore’s China mercenaries wiped out in Commonwealth Games

In an unusual display of patriotism, Singaporeans are cheering Singapore’s losses in the table tennis team. Singapore’s exorbitant table tennis mercenaries bought from China saw crushing defeat in the...

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