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The World's Highest Paid Politician is...2 comments

andrewong2024 wrote 3 months ago: Yesterday, UK Times published a report on the top 10 highest paid politicians in the world. And it i … more →

Tags: Lee Hsien Loong, Prime minister, top 10 highest paid politicians

Early April Fool's Joke?3 comments

andrewong2024 wrote 3 months ago: I almost fell off my chair laughing when I read the headline of the above article on the Straits Ti … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, leadership, Lee Kuan Yew, Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela

My Valentine's Day SMS 5 comments

andrewong2024 wrote 4 months ago: During the Valentine’s Day weekend, I was greeted with a SMS from MINDEF! As a guy growing up … more →

Tags: Jus4Laughz, snippets, 13 year old boy, youngest dad

Some Change from Budget 20092 comments

andrewong2024 wrote 5 months ago: Now for some political updates on our own shores with yesterday’s Singapore Budget 2009. Again … more →

Tags: Job Credit Scheme, Wall Street Journal, Singapore Budget

My Wish-list for My Singapore 2009 2 comments

andrewong2024 wrote 5 months ago: This may be wishful thinking, but I thought to myself, “What the heck! Anything is possible r … more →

Tags: ruling party, Singapore, Wish List

Being Grass-ROOTED to the Ground

andrewong2024 wrote 6 months ago: Picture taken during the official opening of the Clementi Heights Resident’s Committee graced … more →

Tags: His & My Story, snippets, Arthur Fong, Clementi Heights RC

Re-thinking Our Economic Expectations14 comments

andrewong2024 wrote 6 months ago: Recent news have been filled with retrenchments, retrenchments and more retrenchments. It’s qu … more →

Tags: All in a day's work, Extra Thoughts, Marketplace, Mr Lim Swee Say, Oil Gas, Prime Minister's Office, retrenchments, Singapore

More Traces of Melamine Found3 comments

andrewong2024 wrote 8 months ago: Seems like this melamine saga is far from over. Now more products have been found tainted with melam … more →

Tags: snippets, Betsy Tan, melamine, Poem

Nation Building or Party Building?2 comments

andrewong2024 wrote 8 months ago: Some time ago, I came out from a Grassroots Induction Programme feeling intoxicated after being over … more →

Tags: His & My Story, Dr Chee Soon Juan, People's Association (PA), NTUC family, communist threat, Prime Minister's Office, Secretary General, Mr Lim Swee Say, Mr Tan Kin Lian

Right and Decent Thing to Do For Your Citizens5 comments

andrewong2024 wrote 8 months ago: This is an excerpt of a comment taken from the ST discussion board: If a war were to start today, th … more →

Tags: snippets, ST discussion board, Propaganda, nsmen

A New Creation Church Member Responds...1 comment

andrewong2024 wrote 9 months ago: Below is a letter that was published on ST Forum written by a New Creation Church member in response … more →

Tags: snippets, $660 million lifestyle hub project in Bouna Vista, ST Forum, New Creation Church building

The "Kampung" Committee

andrewong2024 wrote 10 months ago: Picture taken with fellow Clementi Heights Residents’ Committee Members at the West Coast GRC … more →

Tags: snippets, Clementi Heights Residents' Committee, West Coast GRC, NDP Dinner

The Great Illusion

andrewong2024 wrote 10 months ago: 15 August 2008 International Herald Tribute By Paul Krugman Some analysts tell us not to worry: Glob … more →

Tags: My2centsWorth, Global economic integration, The Great Illusion, Norman Angell, Paul Krugman, International Herald Tribute

Leading in the Face of Criticism1 comment

andrewong2024 wrote 11 months ago: The debate between Anwar Ibrahim and Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek on 15 July 2008 One of the true marks … more →

Tags: Extra Thoughts, Anwar Ibrahim, Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek, first-world and first-class

Political Leadership For a New Global Order

andrewong2024 wrote 11 months ago: July 5, 2008 | The Straits Times TABLE TALK: WITH FAREED ZAKARIA How might Singapore deal with a wor … more →

Tags: Dr Fareed Zakaria, Political Leadership, Cheong Suk-Wai, Newsweek International, Lee Kuan Yew, People's Action Party (PAP)

Our Long-serving Opposition Servant Leader2 comments

andrewong2024 wrote 1 year ago: Picture taken with Mr Chiam See Tong, Chairman of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) party on … more →

Tags: My Unsung Heroes, chiam see tong, Singapore Democratic Alliance party, Opposition party, Long serving opposition leader

Latest Album by DPM Wong Kan Seng2 comments

andrewong2024 wrote 1 year ago: Inspired by the recent news after the toilet escape of Mas Selamat Kastari, www.TalkingCock.com Reco … more →

Tags: Jus4Laughz, mas selamat kastari, Talking Cock, Wong Can Sing, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Ka, Ministry of Home Affairs

Where Every School is a "Military" School2 comments

andrewong2024 wrote 1 year ago: I chanced upon the following entry which I thought was most disturbing because in my opinion, what w … more →

Tags: Dr NG Eng Hen, Minister for Education and Second Minister for Defence, military school

Nation-building the Pro-Singapore Way9 comments

andrewong2024 wrote 1 year ago: Last Saturday I “incidentally” turned up for a private event organised by Ms Chee Siok C … more →

Tags: Dr Chee Soon Juan, One Nation Under Lee, Being pro-Singapore, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), Ms Chee Siok Chin


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