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PAP is a political party with no genuine grassroots support. What it has is a collection of individuals from outside the party coming in to govern S'pore through a series of (job) interviews and getting selected by the PM (employer). There are simply no real competition inside the party for...

Why not debate the right balance of foreigners in the economy? Have we reached the point of too fast too many foreigners competing for jobs here? How about the those who are unemployed and whether skills upgrading is effective in finding employment for those jobless poor souls?

After PAP won GE2006, it has been almost 4 years since and what we experience on the ground are lower wages for the majority of workers.

The govt's revenue is from the people, and it is the people who is funding all the programmes, not PAP's money. The govt still owes NSmen two and a half years of salaries for conscripting the male population to defend s'pore.

Growth at all cost?

"Average Chinese home prices are nine times average annual household income. In the rich world a ratio of more than four would sound alarm bells; in other Asian countries prices are typically 5-7 times income." The Economist In s'pore case, our median household income is $4,000 and the...

Recently I went to one land banking investment invitation by this company jardin, selling land in Birmingham. I wonder how many S'poreans purchased the investment product. Anyone besides me went for the 'seminar'?

What is the percentage of Malays in arrears of their S&CC charges? Why don't all the town councils disclose the breakdown of those owe their conservancy charges by race?

May be this doctor wannabe is from the young PAP, trying to impress his political masters. Paying $1000 plus every month for 30 years for a pigeon hole is no joke. Just 10 or 15 years down the road and if you lose your job, you got to sell your flat and probably at a loss when you buy now at...

Mah claimed that the success rate for first timers is 80% but this couple was offered only 3 times out of 12 applications, which was 25% success rate. Mind you, these are left over flats which are over-priced relative to their poor attributes. It is typical PAP-style selling lousy left over...

You can't even buy a new 3-room flat if you income is above $3k. Such is the heavily regulated HDB market.

Housing is a basic necessity and with the easy granting of PRs to foreigners, strong demand is build up while the supply of HDB flats is not being increase to match the strong demand. The outcome is skyrocketed HDB prices, with new flats' prices chasing after re-sale prices. This is a...

Is discriminating against NSmen when hiring also corporate social responsility?

It would be deaths by thousand cuts for many people.

Singapore is becoming a superb place of free lunches for foreign citizens. Thanks to our dud PAP govt and companies.

If a second wave of retrenchments were to start in the retail sector, there would be a chain of serious negative chain reactions in the economy. I worry for S'pore .....

Private sector does not take into a/c your time in NS when offering you a salary but will avoid taking you in if you need to go back for long reservist training. NS obligations hinder men's career advancement and job opportunities which the rest of the population does not suffer.

Spot on. A 30-year loan and the accumulated interest paid will be very hefty. And 30% of your monthly income is gone into housing for 30 years. If you were to set aside 20% of monthly income for retirement savings every month, you will be left will only 50% of income for your monthly needs...

So far what we see is foreigners coming in to compete on cheap wages and not quality as what the govt set out to achieve. There is a huge gap in what our dear PM Lee professed he wants to do and what has actually happened in the last 5 years. And talk about high quality of life, what we...

With a small land size, there is a limit to the number of immigrants S'pore can absorb. Once the limit is reached, after some years, S'pore will still face an ageing population. By then, there is no way to import anymore foreigners and PRs. What's the solution then? Postphone the inevitable...