We are and have always been a society obsessed with numbers, all of which have something to do with money. From KPIs, GDP, GST, COE to CPF minimum sum, the rules are rigid and the guardians of good governance may sink their teeth and won’t even let go of your little toe if you happen […]
Blogger Roy Ngerng accused the folks at Drew and Napier for refusing to accept his cash payment of $29,000 when he showed up at their office. His lawyer M Ravi insisted that he was about to mail the cheque to Drew and Napier but Roy asked for a refund so he could send the money […]
It has been a great week as far as material for yao mo gao chor ah is concerned. There was some talk about Chinese opera Liang Zhu in Parliament and there’s also some discussion about But first, a little story about my good friend’s first trip to Thailand. My Malaysian friend Mr Koh Wan Boon […]
When I first moved into Punggol 13 years ago, we were like pioneers colonising some newly discovered territory. There were only some flats on one side of Punggol Field and Edgefield Plains. The LRT was still under construction, Punggol Plaza was still a skeleton and Sengkang East Drive was not even open yet. No one […]
Islandwide Limits on Public Drinking Proposed Headlines indeed. Now let’s sober up with some details on how our government is going about controlling alcohol consumption. According to Today: SINGAPORE — Following concerns raised in recent years by some Members of Parliament over alcohol-induced disamenities in their constituencies, the Government has set in motion plans to […]
I’m not very surprised that not many people here in Singapore are very concerned about the Paris shootings. They won’t happen here. While the tragic events do not have a direct impact on Singaporeans, there are some notable observations which we ought to acknowledge. It all began on Wednesday at Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical […]
Singapore’s best known criminal lawyer Subhas Anandan has died of heart failure. You can see a host of reactions from social media. Some went totally out of point and highlighted that even a man with Subhas Anandan’s economic means could not pay for “medical miracles” to save his own life at 67, what more can […]
My apologies for the less frequent updates, I’ve already explained. Still, there are some burning socio-political issues on my mind and I’ll try to get back to them as soon as possible. My writeup on my most recent trip to Indonesia with my 11-year-old son will be up soon. Stay tuned to Knapsack Treks (which […]
This is an announcement. The author will be in Nepal from 16th March 2014 to 23rd March 2014. To check out his updates from the Himalayas, please like Knapsack Treks on Facebook. Please note that if you’re ordering books from us during this period, delivery may be delayed. For more info on the trip, you […]
News of Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy case can take a backseat now. A Malaysian Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew went missing off the Vietnamese coast this morning as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and was presumed to have crashed. There were no reports of bad weather and no sign why the […]