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Priorities, priorities
Sometimes, on an ordinary day, minding one’s own business, we cannot help but notice things that make us think beyond our private thoughts and about the wider world. And so it was one evening la… more →
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Priorities, priorities
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wrote 2 days ago: Sometimes, on an ordinary day, minding one’s own business, we cannot help but notice things th … more →
Transport landscape reflects Singapore's income gap and rightwing ideology
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wrote 1 month ago: Why are the rates charged by Singapore’s Electronic Road Pricing scheme (ERP) so low? Why aren … more →
A window to the importance of design
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wrote 1 month ago: Another maid falls to her death, making seven so far this year. There were altogether 24 in the last … more →
Time to demote some gods from the altar
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wrote 1 month ago: Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew has told Singaporeans that regular temporary closures of the met … more →
How to subsidise buses
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wrote 3 months ago: This is a follow-up article to PAP government in messy affair with new sweetheart. The earlier artic … more →
The S$1.1 billion question -- let me say it again
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wrote 3 months ago: My earlier article on the proposed S$1.1 billion give-away to SMRT and SBS Transit, our two public b … more →
PAP government in messy affair with new sweetheart
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wrote 3 months ago: For decades, the government claimed to be faithfully wed to Self-reliance. Users must pay the full c … more →
Government fights lonely battle for eldercare centres
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wrote 3 months ago: The cynic will say, “See, I knew the government would ram it through, regardless of public opi … more →
Keep Clean campaign to return
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wrote 4 months ago: The Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, bemoaning Singaporeans’ anti-social littering … more →
Share with public all data on bus service standards
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wrote 5 months ago: Clementi is the worst place to start from when going downtown, as I recall from a news story a month … more →
Train breakdown calls for two committees of inquiry, not one
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wrote 5 months ago: I think there should be two committees of inquiry rather than one. The question of technical lapses … more →
Breakdowns and breaking points
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wrote 5 months ago: The chief talking point this weekend would certainly be the breakdowns in our metro network. There w … more →
Additional public transport capacity: hard to estimate benefit
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wrote 6 months ago: I count myself lucky that I usually do not need to go downtown during the early morning rush. Howeve … more →
Land sale runs into a ditch, as does Singapore's competitiveness
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wrote 6 months ago: This (above) is the plot of land that the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said half a billion do … more →
Cycling must be a key part of Singapore's future
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wrote 8 months ago: Guest essay by tk There has been much discussion in the Singaporean media regarding cycling recently … more →
Every September, a concentration camp
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wrote 8 months ago: The Formula One race each September speaks of what’s wrong with the Singapore model — bu … more →
Abetting species extinction and animal suffering: Guilty
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wrote 9 months ago: “We had to send volunteers out with hidden cameras to collect evidence,” Louis Ng told m … more →
Help! My neighbour keeps pythons
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wrote 9 months ago: “One day, we received a tip-off that a homeowner was keeping exotic animals,” began Loui … more →
Shame, Resorts World, shame
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