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Not NEA, you mean MDA surely...?

Good point! Agree.

Ong Ye Kung and now Desmond Choo.... By Andrea Ong FORMER People's Action Party Hougang candidate Desmond Choo is leaving the labour movement for the private sector. Mr Choo, 35, is the National Trades Union Congress' (NTUC) deputy director of industrial relations and the National...

I wont be surprised that this too is happening in Singapore...is Tharman, MOM or MAS even aware of what is going on the ground....heard that MAS merely sent around a questionaire to banks asking for data on the overall foreign/local employee ratio without breakdown by department, grade or salary...

That there is little incentive to integrate is obvious from the many ethnic TV channels available on StarHub Cable ( especially Hindi ones ) all reinforcing home cultures. Sure the argument is that this proves that Singapore is a cosmopolitan country. And of course StarHub obviously has many...

Re: SHOCKING - Lee Kuan Yew and other PAP heavyweights did not vote for the White Pap but kee chiu voted for the white paper!

Agree completely...it created monopololistic landlords. This may have helped the financial sector by creating new investment products but at what costs multiplied down the line? The notion that BIG is beautiful is sometimes too simplistically translated in policy making by the government viz...

For sure they will...didnt they do so in the HG BE case....sore loser always

As usual they continue to not understand the root of the anger...to them it is all about $$$...every single policy initiated by them is based on $$$ viz baby bonus, COE, maid levies, foreign worker levies, Additional Buyer and Seller stamp duty, ERP....etc etc They think that every one can be...

my thots too! they are forever money faced...pay and you do not have to do NS...wtf...actually the best way to integrate new Singapore Citizens is to have them serve NS...we should also extend this to women including existing Singapore women

And all these claims that growth at all costs was never the goal...then why was the ministars and civil servants KPI ( and bonuses ) based on GDP growth? Were there not less $$ criteria that could be used such as number of people unemployed, higher birthrates etc etc...?

Why the white paper is flawed: The prolific 20 th century economist John Kenneth Galbraith once asserted that, when " faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof."

My thots too! Otherwise why such contratry stand over 48 hours...remember he was one of those tapped to dirty Andrew Kuan's bid to be a Presidential candidate ( not that i thot AK was suitable )

Interesting your observations on Dubai aping Singapore and later vice versa.... I think the problem is that w/o exception, a lot of leaders ( esp in Asia ) believe in dynasties and want to perpetuate their rule. Think Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, India, even PRC at the...

He behaved exactly the same at a job interview I was present at...no he wasn't selected too...

He behaved exactly the same at a job interview I was present at...no he wasn't selected too...

Ground feedback is that there may well be protest votes against him for the shabby treatment dealt Laura Ong who apparently worked well with grassroots people for the PAP but was sacrificed to save Michael Palmer who was more elite....

What is interesting is the long list of "accomplishments" in his CV not unlike that of Dr Teo Ho Pin's. It reminds me of a certain David BH Chew's name card which was like an accordion pack..Is this indicative of his real character ?

This is the PAP's counter to CSM of WP but we dont know if like Chen he will also give up his practice and be a full time MP if elected....

Fair enough...but does he own any private property either in Singapore or abroad? Anyone know ?