Yawning Bread

[...] I discontinued my online subscription to the Straits Times earlier this year. The habit wasn’t easy to break. At first I found myself buying the [...]

[...] . NParks defends itself, saying it had “adhered to procedures” Up to this point, Straits Times had not breathed a word about the controversy. Only after Khaw’s blogpost was published [...]

[...] Several Facebook ‘friends’ recently shared a news article from the Straits Times, with comments along the lines of “Here we go again, a minister scolds citizens for [...]

[...] of this year. It had also previously drawn flak for refunding a customer $1,010 in coins. – Straits Times, 5 Nov 2014, Netizens expose details of Sim Lim Square mobile shop owner who bullied [...]

[...] . Joint exercise with Police, SCDF & foreign worker ambassadors (8 photos) We have a few foreign workers’ dormitories. What if some quarrels erupt, leading to fights or worse? These are possible [...]

[...] 3.  MOM has ensured that foreign workers all know their rights; 4.  Untrue that workers are forcibly repatriated. I will deal [...]

[...] — these apply largely to non-domestic workers: 1.  Create a slight shortage of foreign workers; 2.  Retain experienced workers for as long as possible and partially close the door to [...]

[...] kickbacks are illegal. But from my experience, I’d estimate that at least half of male foreign workers in Singapore have reason to believe that their employers pocket a good part of their [...]

[...] for the alcohol explanation comes uncomfortably close to the stereotypical view, held by many Singaporeans, that Indians love their drink. Beneath that view is a racist, accusatory charge of moral [...]

[...] -race representation to tokenism. All the above have been aired previously and I believe many Singaporeans share Maruah’s dim view of GRCs. My own negative view of GRCs has been expressed [...]

[...] , is within the tendered land parcel. The steady reduction of green spaces is a reason why many Singaporeans complain of feeling boxed in. Windfall profits mean pain in the average guy’s pocket [...]

[...] aren’t important any more and need no reiteration? Neither makes him look good. Many Singaporeans, having heard our government proclaim their devotion to the rule of law, and boasting [...]

[...] respectively). To the extent this brings out protestors, one might likewise argue that the Singapore government ignores these 21st Century trends at its peril. It is Brazil that I find interesting. [...]

[...] to journalists: Ask why shout-from-the-rooftops is not effective; what is it about the Singapore government that closes off this avenue?) More interestingly, no other quotes from Tey’s   [...]

[...] but it may be possible to glean a gradual, reluctant retreat from dogma on the part of the Singapore government. This pattern is hardly discernible across the board; we only see these small changes in [...]

[...] the rising xenophobia, confident that we have in mind a better future for Singapore. The Singapore government is too hobbled by its confused messaging and its innate social conservatism to provide any [...]

[...] The book accuses the Singapore judiciary of inexcusable timidity. Our courts engage in “national formalism” and “ [...]

[...] . I don’t have high hopes for this new suit, mostly because my confidence in the Singapore judiciary is as limp as a flag on a windless day, but I bring this up because, like the FCBC [...]

[...] . I don’t have high hopes for this new suit, mostly because my confidence in the Singapore judiciary is as limp as a flag on a windless day, but I bring this up because, like the FCBC [...]