Quite literally, and not through the stomach, like they always say. From The Economist: Wives have long devised ways to make their husbands do their bidding. But a technique recently used by a 25-year-old woman in Shanghai proved counter-productive: on June 19th Tang Xiaowan was charged with killing her husband after he refused to cook… Read More »
Some people will do ANYTHING to make a statement. The folks at Phonebashing (www.phonebashing.com) are obviously very good at this. True, what they are doing is probably illegal (and definitely obnoxious), but for mobile phone bullies who have prevailed in the past, this is pay back time! If you are ever at the receiving end… Read More »
From The Economist:Two Shanghainese entrepreneurs are offering themselves as verbal and physical punch-bags to frustrated office workers. Fed up with your boss? Underpaid? The founders of Wantong Ltd certainly hope so. Chen Jun and Zhang Li are offering Shanghainese a novel service: for 100 yuan they will lend a listening ear; for another 20 yuan… Read More »
“Retrenchment is good for Singapore. If there is no retrenchments, then I worry.” – SM Goh “The opposition’s plans to ‘give and give’ will lead to Singaporeans having to pay higher taxes in order to foot the bill.” – then DPM Lee at a rally in Tampines, in 2001. “$2.6b ‘Progress Package’ for lower-income groups,… Read More »
Once again, Singapore’s prime minister (this time round, it was Lee Hsien Loong) took the opportunity on Labour Day to harp on the merits of the tripartite relationship between the government, NTUC and workers. Guess which party will be on the short end of the bargain?
The parallel is uncanny. Both organisation grew from humble beginnings to become highly successful machineries in their respective fields. NKF started off as a small charitable body to become Singapore’s most high profile charity organisation. PAP went from a united force with the communists to become the dominant party in the Singapore political landscape. As… Read More »