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“In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce and brave man, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.” –Mark Twain

“I pointed to an article with bold headlines reporting that the police had refused to allow the PAP to hold a rally at Empress Place, and then to the last paragraph where in small type it added the meeting would take place where we were now. I compared this with a prominent report about anContinue reading “STRAITS TIMES BIASED AGAINST PAP: LKY”

“It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from the government.” –Thomas Paine ‘The Rights of Man’ c.1792

“We must encourage those who earn less than $200 per month and cannot afford to nurture and educate many children never to have more than two… We will regret the time lost if we do not now take the first tentative steps towards correcting a trend which can leave our society with a large numberContinue reading “Stop at Two”

“Let us get down to fundamentals. Is this an open, or is this a closed society? Is it a society where men can preach ideas – novel, unorthodox, heresies, to established churches and established governments – where there is a constant contest for men’s hearts and minds on the basis of what is right, ofContinue reading “It’s Abe Lincoln! No, it’s Bertrand Russell! No…it’s…it’s…LKY?”

“Repression can only go up to a point. When it becomes too acute, the instruments of repression, namely the army and the police, have been proved time and time again in history to have turned their guns on their masters.” – Opposition leader Lee Kuan Yew, Straits Times, May 5, 1959

“If it is not totalitarian to arrest a man and detain him, when you cannot charge him with any offence against any written law – if that is not what we have always cried out against in Fascist states – then what is it?” – Opposition leader Lee Kuan Yew, Legislative Assembly Debates, Sept 21,Continue reading “Defending the Fascist state”

To an outsider looking in, Singapore is a country of smart people. According to the 2015 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, the country’s primary four and secondary two students led the world in mathematics and science scores. But apart from the performance at standardized tests, there is a vast difference between the educationalContinue reading “School Streaming Should Not Exist in the First Place”

It is hard to ignore the rich in Singapore. No movie, not even the famous “Crazy Rich Asians”, prepares you for the numerous designer bags, high-end cars, and beautiful mansions you will encounter here. The wealthy here are highly visible and their voices are heard like their presence is felt. But unlike the “crazy rich”,Continue reading “Inequality in Singapore”