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This tiny island was a british colony in the past. Migrants came here to make a living and they were allowed here primarily to serve the british interest. Now, Singapore is an independent country and its citizens are endowed with certain rights and responsibilities. They have their rights to...

Re: LATEST: Singapore Company Blamed by Americans...Wah Lau..Airplane Safety Compromi The mindless pursuit of profits through lowering of wage cost at the expense of quality will eventually lead to substandard quality and the downfall of the companies. For some industries, someone's lives may...

Expect H1N1 to shoot up in the coming weeks .....

At least 40% of S'poreans families are struggling every month to make ends meet. They don't even earn enough to save up for their retirement due to the depress wages. Is this what you call the right choice?

Mutli-tasking is a special coded word for exploitation. Workers are overloaded with tasks to the extent that they have to stay back in the office to clear all this workload after office hours.

Those that are in S'pore are not reproducing enough to replace themselves. This we can see from the Total Fertility Rate, which is one of the lowest in the world while our GDP per capita is one of the highest.

One of the purpose of CDCs in the early years is to provide a training ground for civil service administrative officers (scholars), for them to be more in tune with the ground when formulating policies for the ministries. Have the PAP govt achieved their objective?

Why didn't the beloved PAP govt's pet - foreigners and PRs - go and support? After all, their numbers have suppassed the 1 million mark long ago.

Are these upgrading programmes effective? Or how effective are these programmes to the needy in finding a good job when what counts to the employers are how low you can go in your expected salaries and whether you are over the dreadful 40 years old?

Singaporeans are just like the proverbial frog in boiling water, waiting to be cooked and not knowing it.

SMRT as a public transport operator is making record profit and giving out good dividends to Temasek year after year. Public transport service has not improved much even when the population shoots up but to the political elites, that's fine because they are driving big cars, getting fat...

When H1N1 spreads further, many restaurants will go belly up in double quick time.

China workers mostly go back on the dot, just like what Singapore was during the 1980s.

Besotonged sees things through his blinkered lens and so can only see one aspect of complex economical and social issues.

Singapore employers have developed a crutched mentality for cheap workers to run their operations. They have no regards for other stake holders in our society and erroneously believe that this dependency can go on forever without the society breaking up.

The lax issuing of work permits, employment passes and PR status has bred an environment of exploitations by employers. Workers are exhorted and driven to work long hours but must expect to receive meagre wages. Social life in S'pore is almost non-existent for many who must slog long hours...

The smart PRs will move on to other developed countries to sink their roots, where the society values fairness, justice, transparency, accountability and the ability to change its govt if found incompetent. Only the short-sighted PRs will extoll the foolhardiness of PAP as virtues, in the end...

This piece is very well written. Singapore citizens have been marginalised and those with NS obligations have been marginalised even more. High housing costs, low wages, fierce competitions for jobs, all leading to a highly stressful life. Is it any wonder that more people have no time for...

The unemployment rate has hit a new high of 4.8% and look set to worsen in the coming months. How many locals have problems servicing their mortgages now? Can old horse Mah provide more details?

The writings are all on the wall. Sporeans are not reproducing because they don't feel secure about their future and due to the high cost of living. GDP growth by itself does not tell you the whole story of how the majority are faring economically.