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Minister Indranee Rajah: Water price increase “should not and ought not”...

Speaking at a public forum, Minister Indranee Rajah claimed that there is little impact on the 30% water price increase on cost of goods and that prices “should not and ought not” go up: “Regarding...

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Singapore PUB post S$166 million profit in 2016, made S$1 billion in 8 years

Singapore’s water agency, Public Utilities Board (PUB), posted a S$166 million profit in their financial report in 2016. The PUB has been hugely profitable since inception and even posted a total of...

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Right-wing economics professor: Raise water price by 100%

A right-wing economics professor from government university, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), told the state media that water prices should have been raised by 100% instead of the 30%. NTU...

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Ruling party cronies: We need more government critics to think the “unthinkable”

Speaking at a public forum held at Singapore Management University (SMU), right-wing cronies of the ruling party government told the audience that the government need more naysayers and critics to...

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President-select Halimah Yacob: Singaporeans should learn how to manage time...

Speaker of Parliament and unofficial president-select Halimah Yacob spoke at a job fair held in Marsiling where she is the MP for the constituency, saying Singaporeans should learn how to manage time...

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Poor busted for cashing in on SkillsFuture credits

Due to financial hardship, the poor in Singapore signed up for courses by enterprising training providers in order to obtain S$500 in cash. A particular training course which was signed by 4,400 and...

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Video: Ang moh beat up Singaporean driver and attempt to steal car in road...

A video of an ang moh (caucasian) beating up a Singaporean driver and attempting to steal his car surfaced on STR Facebook page.   The incident was said to have happened last night (Feb 25) at the...

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Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong: Key to future growth is to listen to me and...

Dictator Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told audience at a closed-door forum held on Friday (Feb 24) that the key to future growth in Singapore is to listen to him and “execute”: “No rocket science...

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Lee Hsien Loong: Leaders must accept criticisms, reject yes-men like me

Dictator Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong poured praises for himself as an exemplar for a leader in today’s world, saying that leaders must accept criticisms and reject yes-men: “The most important...

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Lee Hsien Loong is just…disgusting

Ethos of leadership. Divine plans to future growth. People’s answer to the troubles of democracy. History has seen all kinds of dictators like Hitler, Stalin and Mao Zedong, but not like this one: Lee...

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Government covered up cyber security hacking

Singapore’s Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) announced that their cyber security network, I-net, was breached earlier in this month in February, and that personal details of 850 National Servicemen were...

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Lee Hsien Loong do not know how to respond BBC reporter, stammers: Fastest...

When asked point-blank about the freedom of speech in Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong became totally lost and stammered that Singapore has one of the fastest internet in the world in...

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Tan Chuan Jin: Childcare centres “unlikely” to increase fees

Minister for Social and Family Affairs (MSF) Tan Chuan Jin told Parliament yesterday (Feb 28) that childcare centres are “unlikely” to increase fees due to the additional administration legislations...

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Minister Masagos: Water prices must increase further to “reflect scarcity”

Despite after having increased water prices by 30%, Minister for Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli said in Parliament today (Mar 1) that water prices must increase further to “reflect...

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Lee Hsien Loong lose temper: Just because I win every election doesn’t mean...

In his interview with BBC reporter Stephen Sackur, Singapore dictator Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong justified his legalised corruptions in rigging elections saying that just because he won every...

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Great Eastern Insurance Agent fake donation drive to take personal details

A GE Agent knocked on my door earlier this evening. He didn’t say he was an insurance advisor but introduced himself as someone raising money for orphans. The donation was for $10 . I went in and...

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Minister Chan Chun Sing: Guess what? Government has to “earn its keep”

Responding to opposition MP Leon Perera, Minister of State Chan Chun Sing said that the Singapore government has to be profitable and “earn its keep”. When Workers’ Party MP Leon Perera slammed the...

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Government hires internet brigade to defend Lee Hsien Loong on BBC Facebook

Like China, the Singapore government activated a team of internet brigade to defend Lee Hsien Loong’s embarrassing interview featured on BBC Facebook page. Leading the pack is former PAP member Calvin...

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Lee Bee Wah: Civil Servants can’t even get “small projects” done, only know...

PAP MP for Nee Soon GRC, Lee Bee Wah, complained in Parliament slamming government civil servants for only knowing how to guard their own turf. The PAP MP said that civil servants are inefficient and...

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PAP-Nominated MP Kuik Shiao-Yin: The poor are just feeling salty about 30%...

Mocking the low income and poor, PAP-Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) Kuik Shiao-Yin told Parliament that the poor are unable to accept the government’s “calmest and most reasonable technocratic”...

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