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Singapore’s Economic and Immigration Policies are Insane 26 Aug 2013 | 06:52 am
On Friday the Financial Times carried an excellent article by the eminent and long-standing economic commentator, Samuel Brittan. I have reproduced a screenshot of his article above. I remember as a s...
The sad case of Rebecca Loh 25 Jun 2013 | 04:07 pm
The tragic life of Rebecca Loh and death of her son Gabriel has moved me more than any story to come out of Singapore in recent years. Who cannot be horrified by the thought of that poor boy’s last mo...
Should we pay Indonesia to stop poisoning us? 19 Jun 2013 | 06:07 pm
The recent flare-up of the Indonesian forest fire problem and the deterioration in our air quality is understandably also causing temperatures to rise in Singapore. Our neighbor Malaysia is also equal...
Dismantling the Apparatus of State Capitalism 11 Jun 2013 | 08:07 pm
The last post was a piece by another author, Benedict Chong countering my proposal that Temasek and GIC be floated, publicly listed and a stake distributed in some form to Singaporeans and posing so...
Are Singaporeans Fit to Be Masters of Their Own Destiny? 7 Jun 2013 | 04:08 pm
Benedict Chong, I don’t know if that’s his real name, has responded to my recent piece about wanting to give Singaporeans a stake in the wealth of our country. I reproduce it here as a separate arti...
Who Deserves Our Wealth? 25 May 2013 | 03:06 am
I am very pleased that Jeremy has set out in writing his reasons why he disagrees with my proposal for the privatization of Temasek and GIC and the distribution of shares to Singaporeans. I hope we ...
Using Funds “Wisely”? 18 May 2013 | 04:35 pm
TRE recently posted up an article by Jeremy Chen with the opening salvo, “This is something of a response to a proposal by Kenneth Jeyaretnam to privatize Temasek Holdings and GIC and distribute share...
How to Create A True Property Owning Democracy through The Privatization of Temasek and GIC 4 May 2013 | 05:53 am
In my last blog post (see here) I pointed out that since 2009 I have advocated the privatization of Temasek and GIC and the distribution of shares to Singapore citizens. This was also a plank of the R...
Has Temasek Found A Cure for Balding? 30 Apr 2013 | 02:58 am
The question of the transparency and proper accounting of our reserves has been a primary concern of mine for some time, in fact ever since 2009. A major theme has been that currently we have inadequ...
Ding Dong the Witch / Wizard is Dead? 23 Apr 2013 | 08:57 am
Last week saw the funeral of one of the most divisive and controversial figures in modern British history. Her family should take comfort from the strength of the opposition to her, which is surely a...
