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Lee Hsien Loong signed agreement to import cheap Indian labour

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong rehashed his commitment to create jobs for India graduates by signing an upgraded version of the CECA (Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement) agreement...

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KF Seetoh: Government is only throwing money at problems

Prominent food host KF Seetoh openly hit out at the Singapore government criticising them for “throwing money” at the problem of declining hawker entrepreneurs in Singapore. The Singapore food...

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Singapore should forgive US$125m HSR compensation as goodwill to Malaysia

Singapore should forgive Malaysia’s US$125 million compensation for the High Speed Rail (HSR) as a goodwill to Malaysia. This is a good neighbourly move and a helping hand to our closest ally....

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PAP to accept nominations for NMP beginning June 4

Singapore ruling party PAP has convened an eight-member committee to accept the nominations for 9 Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) beginning today (June 4) to July 6. The NMP scheme is a...

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Temasek Holdings to burn plastic because China is not buying

According to a project consultant interviewed on state media, the Singapore government’s public waste collectors like Temasek Holdings-owned Sembwaste are now no longer sorting out plastic from...

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Johor state government confirms: No High Speed Rail for Singapore

The Johor state government today (June 3) told local media that they support the abolition of the High Speed Rail (HSR) construction. Johor Chief Minister Osman Sapian reasoned that the project is too...

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Minister Grace Fu: We MPs pay for parking too

After weeks of criticisms over the government’s mercenary move to charge school teachers for parking in school compounds, PAP Minister Grace Fu wrote to state media Straits Times saying that the...

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Temasek Holdings issues new debt products to raise money from public

In need for more money, CEO of Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund company Temasek Holdings, Ho Ching, revealed that she will be issuing more debt programs like CPF and borrow more from the public. In...

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Ministry of Health: CareShield Life premiums are not surpluses

In a written letter to state media Straits Times, the Ministry of Health (MOH) defended against criticisms of overcharging premiums by making a half-truth, claiming that the extra premiums collected...

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Lee Hsien Loong just lost S$7.4 million of CPF funds in Vietnam taxi company

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange investment disclosure on May 25, Chairman of GIC Lee Hsien Loong lost S$7.4 million on Vietnam taxi company Vinasun. In Aug 2014, GIC paid VND202...

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Minister Grace Fu: Every Singaporean household should volunteer to help the poor

Speaking at a rich society forum, Culture Minister Grace Fu said that she wants every Singaporean household to have one volunteer in five years’ time. Telling Singaporeans to give more money and time...

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Lee Hsien Loong to make himself a “Mentor Minister” equivalent after resignation

Outgoing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is currently thinking hard of a new title to give himself in his coming resignation by 2020. Although the dictator said he is resigning to make way for “4G...

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Singapore Police harass Australian comedian for impersonating Kim Jong Un

Australian comedian Howard X was detained by the Singapore police at Singapore’s Changi Airport yesterday (June 8) for impersonating North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un. In an interview with Reuters,...

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“This won’t happen in Japan”

A photo of a notice put up at a Singapore shopping mall warning workers not to use a mall toilet sparked outrage on Facebook. The discriminatory notice threatened a S$107 fine for the low income...

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PAP infighting goes public over state media reporter’s criticism over CPF

In the latest dog fight between the old and new PAP members, there was no hold back with each camp baring their fangs and barking at the other between the fence. When former state media Straits Times...

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Minister Vivian Balakrishnan: We Singaporeans are here to serve tea and coffee

Commenting on the Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un meeting in Singapore last Thursday (June 7), Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan said that Singaporeans are there to “serve tea and coffee”: “I...

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Mahathir: Be like Japan and Malaysia will succeed

Speaking at the media conference in Tokyo on Sunday (Jun 10), Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said that he will lead Malaysia’s transformation to be like Japan. Calling for Malaysians to...

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Lee Hsien Loong: Sedition, libel and contempt laws ready for “freedom” in...

When questioned by international media over the state of censorship and repression in Singapore, dictator Prime Minister openly faulted Singaporeans saying they voted for it: “I think when you say...

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Minister Vivian Balakrishnan: We are no-nonsense but efficient people

Embarrassing himself at an interview with BBC, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan poured praises for his ruling party government: “I think over the weeks that they spent with us, they gained greater...

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Lee Hsien Loong in denial over dictatorship

When Lee Hsien Loong was questioned by the international press over the state of freedom in Singapore, he was flustered. The Singapore dictator was caught off guard by the unscripted question, and...

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