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    Entries in What I DON'T Appreciate (26)

    Tuesday
    09Mar2010

    Wrong answers from the wrong questions, continued

    DateTuesday, March 9, 2010 at 3:23PM

    Joshua Chiang's article on TOC again highlights the hollow arguments the PAP government has taken on, portraying homelessness as individual irresponsibility instead of a genuine social problem.

    Imran sold his flat for a profit. With the money, he rented a bungalow in Johor Bahru and even bought a car. Two years later, his money was spent, and he was back in Singapore, homeless.

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    Tuesday
    09Mar2010

    S&C charges raised, still no transparency

    DateTuesday, March 9, 2010 at 2:10PM

    Aljunied and Jurong Town Councils are set to increase the service and conservancy (S&C) charges in April.

    With electricity prices and maintenance costs going up, at least two town councils, Aljunied and Jurong, will raise their Service and Conservancy Charges (S&CC) next month.

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    Tuesday
    09Mar2010

    Wrong answers from the wrong questions

    DateTuesday, March 9, 2010 at 1:54PM

    Updated on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 9:56PM by Registered CommenterCallan Tham

    The Straits Times, true to its form of operating as a government mouthpiece, publishes this gem of an opinion piece disguised as "Prime News":

    MR I.B. YUSOF, a father of four young children, sold three Housing Board flats in nine years, netting $90,000 in profits.

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    Friday
    05Mar2010

    More conflict of interest at play

    DateFriday, March 5, 2010 at 2:22PM

    AsiaOne published a piece written by Tu Yong and Yu Shi Ming, from the Department of Real Estate, National University of Singapore, declaring that housing in Singapore is still affordable.

    HOUSING is a perennial hot topic of discussion, especially in Singapore where it touches almost every segment of society - from the low to middle income in public housing to the middle and higher income aspiring to upgrade to private property.

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    Tuesday
    06Oct2009

    HDB, Town Councils are partisan bodies

    DateTuesday, October 6, 2009 at 10:28AM

    Gerald Giam calls for the Housing Development Board to be an independent statutory board and not be a political tool for the PAP:

    TODAY newspaper reported that the PAP’s losing candidate Sitoh had received an email from HDB informing him of this news. He lost no time in breaking the good news to residents through a news release. Mr Eric Low plans to announce the news today at a grassroots event. In addition, Mr Sitoh said he will be sending out a circular to residents in the selected blocks soon, presumably with his own letterhead proclaiming himself as the “adviser to the Potong Pasir grassroots organisations”.

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    Thursday
    01Oct2009

    More town council shenanigans

    DateThursday, October 1, 2009 at 12:41PM

    Mr Lim Beo Thiam provides his own treatment at the hands of his town council as a chilling warning and sharpens the contrast to claims that  no other government takes care of its people quite like this one. I have reproduced the letter in full below.

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    Thursday
    01Oct2009

    Rising HDB flat prices due to "unrealistic expectations"?

    DateThursday, October 1, 2009 at 10:16AM

    After the recent barrage of discussion about rising HDB prices, Miss Mabel Tan has decided to write to the government mouthpiece and declare the problem to be one caused by "unrealistic expectations".

    My family is an example of how HDB policies have helped us improve our standard of living and how gradual price increases have helped my family upgrade our housing status.

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    Tuesday
    29Sep2009

    Spare me the romanticism

    DateTuesday, September 29, 2009 at 7:11PM

    I was going to give Ris Low a pass on this blog. Everyone is talking about her butchering the English language, he credit card fraud convictions, giving her a chance etc, I felt it would be more prudent on my part to just let it die, and extinguish her fifteen minutes of fame by ignoring her. But after reading this, I could not longer resist, because I can virtually see the stupidity spreading, and I won't condone it by keeping my silence. I have done my share of mocking Miss Low, but I thought giving her space on this blog would be a waste. This post is not really about her though.

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    Monday
    28Sep2009

    I can smell the arrogance from here, Dr Teo

    DateMonday, September 28, 2009 at 10:03AM

    The arrogance can be gobsmacking some times, but when it comes from the same people who lost S$16 million of taxpayers money investing in risky funds, paid their managers whopping 8-month bonuses in the midst of a recession, then turned around and said "I don't know", and that we should be thankful they used our tax dollars to play the market,  the grand show of arrogance is further augmented by a level of stupidity and incompetency that makes me wonder why these people are in elected office.

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    Monday
    14Sep2009

    We teach critical thinking through propaganda

    DateMonday, September 14, 2009 at 5:49PM

    Updated on Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 12:24AM by Registered CommenterCallan Tham

    Our Minister for Information, Communication and Arts, Rear-Admiral Lui Tuck Yew, professed his love for the compliant and obedient, unabashed government mouthpiece mainstream media:

    Unlike some foreign newspapers, the media here in Singapore has not gone for aggressive journalism; they have not gone for aggressive campaigning. They have taken the position that they will investigate thoroughly before they publish.

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