Debunking the official myths about HDB flats (Part 3): Rising prices of HDB flats generate wealth for Singaporeans 27 Jun 2013 | 01:55 pm

MYTH # 3: Rising prices of HDB flats will lead to wealth creation for Singaporeans. TRUTH: It will have a negative wealth impact due to higher financial liabilities according to a NUS study done by Ab...

Debunking the official myths about HDB flats (Part 2): HDB flats are affordable to the most Singaporeans 26 Jun 2013 | 01:53 pm

MYTH #2: HDB flats are affordable. TRUTH: HDB flats are affordable only to a minority of Singaporeans and is increasingly priced out of the reach of the average worker. In spite of the relentless rise...

Debunking the official myths about HDB flats (Part 1): Singaporeans are ‘owners’ of their HDB flats 25 Jun 2013 | 01:47 pm

MYTH #1: Singaporeans owns their HDB flats. TRUTH: Singaporeans are merely renting these 99-year leasehold properties from HDB at exorbitant prices. The Housing Development Board was set up in 1960 du...

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Russian ‘FT’ Victor Vassiltov: “NS is another joke” 25 Feb 2013 | 02:55 pm

A comment made by Russian ‘FT’ Victor Vassiltov sparks a massive outcry in cyberspace when he appeared to make snide remarks about National Service. In a Facebook conversation with some Singaporeans, ...

Indian student on MOE tuition grant raps Singapore netizens for posting ‘xenophobic’ comments about India 25 Feb 2013 | 09:18 am

An Indian student studying in a local university on MOE scholarship has written to the Straits Times Forum attacking Singapore netizens for posting ‘xenophobic’ comments about India. In his letter,  A...

Supreme Leader Lee Kuan Yew attends Chinese New Year party after discharge from hospital 25 Feb 2013 | 07:58 am

A few days after he was discharged from hospital for a suspected stroke, Singapore’s Supreme Leader Lee Kuan Yew attended a Chinese New Year Garden Party at Istana on Sunday. In a post on her Facebook...

PRC new citizen accuses Low Thia Kiang of ‘inciting xenophobia’ 19 Feb 2013 | 10:27 am

A PRC new citizen has accused WP Chief Low Thia Kiang of ‘inciting xenophobia’ in his speech made in parliament last week during a debate on the White Paper in which he proposed capping the inflow of ...

Goh Chok Tong: Speakers’ rhetoric at White Paper protest too ‘political’ 18 Feb 2013 | 07:19 am

Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong has criticized the speakers at the White Paper protest held on Saturday evening as indulging in mere rhetoric and being too ‘political’. The protest was organize...

Reclaim our civil rights and freedom before calling for a referendum 18 Feb 2013 | 06:42 am

It was a proud moment to be a Singaporean yesterday, when 6000 of us, stood shoulder to shoulder under the unforgiving shower of rain to protest in unison against the latest draconian policy which had...