As the dust settles on GE2020, Singapore celebrates its 55th National Day. It’s a different sort of celebration for me, being unable to take on the role of National Day Pendaki. This year’s actual National Day Parade (NDP) however, will still go on but it was split into morning and evening shows, with participant numbers […]

Like many of the indulgent teens these day, I was politically apathetic during my younger days. Impressionable like wet clay, my world view was very much moulded by Hollywood. During my NS days, I thought the US military really trained people like John Rambo – the invincible warrior. When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in […]

A local singer/songwriter Mr Wong, wrote a piece for Zaobao in which he lamented Sengkang’s loss of a 谦卑有礼 (humble and courteous) minister. I found it strange that Mr Wong should describe the former minister that way, being a non-conformist who eschews Singapore’s passionless materialism. To be fair, the former minister could be 谦卑有礼. Some […]

The date was 2 July 2020. Our leaders reported in the PAP’s first political broadcast for GE2020 that they had injected almost S$100 billion into this effort through four Budgets. “We are supporting our healthcare professionals and frontline agencies to contain the virus,” said DPM Heng. “We are also providing wage subsidies to help businesses […]

A few days ago, I had a brief encounter with a bunch of foreign workers. They were simply ecstatic after collecting their free masks. I found one of them approachable and asked him why he was behaving as if he had won the lottery. He told me that he and his friends would like to […]

Tomorrow is Cooling Off day. I’ll take this opportunity to say a few words before that. Just hours before Cooling Off Day, Mr Chan Chun Sing made the news with a leaked audio recording again. I wonder who sabotaged him this time. To some, it’s a shocking revelation. To me, it’s neither shocking nor revealing […]

Below is Chandramohan’s open letter to PM Lee posted on Facebook. Dear Prime Minister Mr Lee Hsien Loong, The objective of this article is to highlight the incompetency in handling the COVID-19 by your team of leaders. The word, “leaders” in this article is referring to your consultants, parliament members, ministers and yourself involved in […]

Where there is seawater, you’ll find Chinese people. Where you find Chinese people, you will find Hakka people. To date, Hakka people have called back from nearly 80 different countries and regions. They now form an impressive network. The migratory history of the Hakka people is a story of their struggle for survival, their cultivation […]

Almost everyone I knew watched the debate between the main political parties last night on 1 July 2020 even though only very few would watch parliamentary debates regularly. As the spirited and highly articulate Jamus Lim stole the show with his now famous concluding statements, there was an awkward moment when Vivian Balakrishnan avoided the […]

Let’s analyse the good professor’s views. Before I disappoint anyone, I need to point out that I’m more or less in agreement with his prediction. It’s not that I don’t support the opposition, but there are harsh facts about the electorate that must be faced. Prof Singh pointed out that it is difficult to disentangle […]