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It is the govt that has to be regulated not the online news ... 12 Jun 2013 | 04:22 pm
It is almost a month since my last posting. It is a bit hard to explain why I have not written as much as I did in the past. There are no major changes in my life except that I'm getting older. Since ...
Sylvia Lim drops the bombshell on AIM issue! 14 May 2013 | 05:04 am
When the AIM issue emerged a few months ago, PAP's Dr. Teo explained that the move to have an open tender to sell the town council software was recommended by consultants. Several software companies ...
Foreign wealth widens inequality in Singapore - Report.... 13 May 2013 | 03:23 pm
Foreign wealth widens inequality in Singapore - Asia-Pacific - Al Jazeera English "The influx of money is making Singapore one of the richest cities in the world. But the low tax rate also means no s...
Malaysians Overseas Protest : Different countries, Different reactions.... 12 May 2013 | 11:33 am
It is always interesting to step back and see what happens when similar events take place in Singapore and in other countries. How the authority reacts and what Singaporeans think of it. Malaysians ar...
Malaysia's elections holds many lessons... 8 May 2013 | 03:50 pm
Finally it is over and the results are out. The opposition won more than half the votes counted but did not get enough seats to form the govt. The opposition support is concentrated in Peninsular Mala...
Malaysia's hotly contested elections.... 4 May 2013 | 04:39 pm
In order to win the Malaysian elections, both the ruling party and opposition have resorted to highly populist manifestos to win the votes. Here's a Malaysian opposition candidate promising the peopl...
Info-graphics : Income Inequality in Singapore.... 2 May 2013 | 05:47 pm
I haven't been writing for a while. I think it is the big overhang from the White Paper that incensed Singaporeans and intensified political discussion at all levels of our society. Singaporeans today...
Video on the Income Gap... 14 Mar 2013 | 03:16 pm
This video about the income gap was released late last year and has gone viral. It shows how bad the income gap is in the USA by taking the ratio of the wealth and income of the top and comparing it w...
Documentary : The One Per Cent... 12 Mar 2013 | 04:12 pm
Here's a documentary made by Jamie Johnson heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune. He explores the effect of the wealth gap on American society discovers how it leads to stratification a...
WSJ - Wealth Over the Edge Singapore... 10 Mar 2013 | 06:55 pm
"....Singapore has some of the lowest taxes in the world, including none on capital gains and most foreign dividends. But it also has relatively secretive private banking laws and zero harassment from...
