pathetic ASEAN silence and pathetic Singapore’s dismay

Burma is fast becoming a complete embarrasment of ASEAN with its latest trumped up charges against the democratically elected and rightful Prime Minister of Burma Ms Aung San Suu Kyi. The other countries around the world are already planning to take action but what about ASEAN and Singapore?
European foreign ministers were locked in discussion about [...]

Wong Kan Seng: see I told you I am right.

Back then, when interviewed about the progress on Mas Selemat Kastari’s escape, Minister Of Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng had this to say:
He’s either here, or not here.
Guess what? After everyone’s repeated sneers at him online and offline, Wong Kan Seng is actually right! Hip hip hurray!Well done! 200 months performance bonus for you,Mr Wong. [...]

Japanese translator hosting top North Korean Legislator

Think that happened in Japan? Nope.
SINGAPORE, May 6 (Xinhua) — Kim Yong Nam, the top legislator of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), kicked off a three-day working visit to Singapore on Wednesday.
According to Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kim will be calling on Singapore’s President S R Nathan [...]

having Minister Mentor God as my father and Ho Ching as my wife is a pain in the ass.

LHL: I think the way you put it is not the way things work in Singapore. The Minister Mentor is chairman of GIC not because he’s my father. It’s because he’s the best man for the job and he has been chairman since he was prime minister. Ho Ching is CEO of Temasek not because [...]

caught cheating on taxes

Apparently, not only Mr Obama’s aides are cheating on taxes. GOP party member, ex-running mate of John McCain and always bimbo-tic and stupid Sarah Palin has been caught for attempting to cheat on taxes.
Alaska officials have told Gov. Sarah Palin she must pay back taxes on the thousands of dollars she received in state per [...]

Getting cozy and personal with Total PAP, sorry I meant Total Defence

Apparently, Total Defence wants to get personal with me!
Colonel Lim Kok Siong, director of the Defence Ministry unit, Nexus, which runs the campaign, said organisers felt the message should not be from the top down, the way it was when it first started in 1984.
‘It’s not a government agency that owns or drives the campaign,’ [...]

Singapore: the Switzerland in Asia(only dictators and mass murderers need apply)

I was also quietly satisfied that we realised our vision of reaching the 1984 Swiss standard of living last year.
Maybe Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong was right in 2001. Singapore has indeed reached the Swiss standards of living. However, Singapore is different from Singaporeans. A country might reach the heights of Mount Everest, [...]

obama, which countries are you referring to?

In his Inauguration speech just yesterday, he mentioned this.
To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.
When he said this, certain words from some [...]

quit lying, TODAY.

TODAY published a damage control article, claiming that there was empathy in cyberspace the day after Mr Tan was “rebuked” in parliament.
Is the reporter Zul Othman blind, or reading only a select few websites that his office’s internet filters allow to get through?
MR TAN Yong Soon’s five-week family cooking holiday to Paris continues to attract [...]

The perils of nostalgia and gratefulness

As 2008 is drawing to a close, it is always easy to reflect on perfect hindsight the events that happened, and what should have been done. What is difficult is not to fall into the trap of over-reflection, given that the line of nostalgia and forward-thinking is really thin.
Let me quantify this entry by saying [...]