This one-year-old article of Robert Ho by Martyn See at AsiaTimes Online tells the odd story of a Singaporean cyber-dissident who has been routinely painted (or should it be tainted?) by the PAP government as mentally unsound. If you read the whole interview, you will wonder: Is this really the mind of a mad man?
Someone commented on my previous post on “Is Lee Kuan Yew a fascist?” by saying: I thought the point of this website was no “touchy feely” ideas?! Why don’t you have the balls to make any real statements and need to word everything as a question to protect your sorry ass? Here’s a few examples… Read More »
Below is a conversation I had a few years back with some media friends in Singapore. Friend A: This Wednesday, there’s this new food place called CentreStage – Victor’s Cafe, having its official opening at Marina Square. Free food, music and place to chill. Anyone interested to go? Friend B: Got [photo] shoot lah… Me:… Read More »
An interesting anecdote in “Dare to change: An alternative vision for Singapore” by Chee Soon Juan.I discuss what I have learned of Singaporean values with a local journalist. “What is the ‘national interest’?” I ask. “Peace, happiness, you know. That sort of thing.” “How do you find it?” “Shopping,” she reveals, lighting another Winston. “I… Read More »
Blogger Yawning Bread recently wrote an article pointing out the possible inflated claims made in a Straits Times report titled “HDB rents at 10-year high” (21 July 2007 – just in case the link becomes inactive due to archiving, you can download a saved version in Word format). In it, he suggested that the media… Read More »
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