ELSON: You don’t become prime minister of any developed nation by being a fool (yeah, even George Bush II was a Yale...
HAROLD CHAI: Anyone who doesn’t believe that Singapore has a natural aristocracy had better believe it now. That “natural aristocracy:”, as Prime...
ELSON: No wonder there’s the joke that army people go to SMRT to retire – half of their top management staff are...
ELSON: Singaporeans always say they want a voice in parliament, but at the same time they always show that they want a...
RONALD LEE: If everything goes ahead as planned and we do see an opposition coalition spring, we’re likely to see “Pakatan Singapura”...
RONALD LEE: How strict exactly is MINDEF’s stance on deferment, such that budding local football talent Ben Davis mustn’t be allowed to...
“As all male Singaporeans liable for full-time NS put aside personal pursuits to dutifully enlist and serve their NS, it would not...
Harold Chai: Singapore’s Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan can cow beh cow bu about Singapore already spending some S$300 million on the...
RONALD LEE: In parliament yesterday, Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing said that “people’s aspirations” and their inability to fulfill...
ELSON: Health Minister Gan Kim Yong made 2 points in parliament yesterday – one, that you shouldn’t be surprised by the “1...
ELSON: Additional Buyers’ Stamp Duty has always been an imperfect short-term solution. Look at the graph above and see how in a...
SINGAPORE DEMOCRATS: In July 2016, the SDP questioned the agreement between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur over the high speed rail (HSR) and...
ELSON: In the 3rd quarter of 2017, Singapore PMETs comprised 70 percent of retrenchments. With the deepening of the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation...
Former Ministry of Education Policy Officer, Yann Wong, has lashed out at the education system for breeding a culture of shame, neediness...