Simon Cheng, 28, a trade and investment officer for Scottish Development International, travelled to Shenzhen, a city that borders Hong Kong, on 8 August 2019. He sent messages to his girlfriend as he was about to cross back into Hong Kong at about 10pm and has not been heard from for days. Cheng’s detention is […]
When the Cold War first started, an American was debating with his Soviet counterpart about whether there’s any freedom of speech in the USSR. “I can stand in front of the White House and yell “Harry Truman kiss my ass” and nothing will happen to me.” boasted the American. “I too can yell “Harry Truman […]
In 2016, Ms Josephine Teo currently Minister of Manpower and Second Minister of Home Affairs expressed bewilderment that Singaporeans only plan on having children when they get a flat. She quipped: “You only need a very small space to have sex.” I guess the office would be a nice, kinky location as long as the cleaner doesn’t […]
So what’s new? The Straits Times tells us that 4 in 10 are now more concerned about climate change after the National Day Rally. What an amazing influencer our PM is. In his speech, PM Lee estimated that about $100 billion would be needed for Singapore to protect itself from rising sea levels in the […]
Before I get to the issue of racial harmony in Singapore, let me touch on an issue that has been bothering me for some time – about being Chinese. The latest from Hong Kong: Tens of thousands of Hong Kong protesters have marched to the Legislative Council building. They have also besieged the airport, causing […]
For the sake of everyone’s “convenience”, can you quit upholding your principles and give us so much “trouble”. This is Singapore. But isn’t this a very “Singaporean” decision by the folks managing the SNOC? Most Singaporeans will not be able to understand why Mr Soh couldn’t have just kept quiet about the false claim since […]
So what’s new? On 26 July 2019, uncles and aunties from all walks of life flocked to Huawei stores island-wide, believing that they could get their hands on a Y6 Pro 2019 phone for only $54. This National Day promotion is from July 26 to 28 and is open only to Singaporeans and permanent residents […]
Hey folks, National Day is coming and to show our loyalty to the Part … I mean country, our seniors and those getting to be seniors need to be prepared to do something for the country, which in spite of having many billions in its reserves, is facing a crisis due to low birth rates. […]
Cantonese is not a lowly dialect. It is capable of articulating poignant insights which you may not find in Mandarin. There are three layers in the US-China trade war. The first is the purely arithmetic discrepancy between goods being exported from China and to China. Chip believes that China had simplistically assumed that the US […]
What do academics and intellectuals actually do? This is a question that has bothered me for ages, from the time I started attending lectures to pass exams until now when I still need to attend lectures to earn continuing education points. While most of the lectures are almost equally boring, their usefulness vary very widely. […]