Have you thought about these things? Why does Indonesia want back control of Riau airspace? Why is Malaysia so uptight about their airspace? Why are we so uptight about the charges on Singapore cars at the border? Why do...
Author - Benjamin Chiang
(Note: If you would like to re-publish this article, please go right ahead…don’t need to contact us. We only ask you provide a link back to www.fivestarsandamoon.com :D ) You must have read her post, but in...
Cash is king, albeit an old, aged and primitive one. It is cumbersome, it is bulky, it is susceptible to decay, it is convenient for corruption and it stinks (but oh, does it stink so good). It costs a lot of money to deal...
The following article has been contributed by Gregory Wee. Foreign Domestic Workers, or maids in colloquial speak, have been known to suffer from low wages, no or little time off from work, loss of privacy and extremely...
We have been told time and again that without increased productivity, companies will lose competitiveness and be less able to sell their products or services. Poor productivity is the convenient scapegoat for low wages, job...
It had been reported on the Straits Times yesterday that our nation is getting fat. I can imagine a reader pinch his belly, give it a smack and post a comment to laugh it off. Weight gain is not a laughing matter. There is the...
The Minister of Law had made the point known: that Singapore, just like the rest of the world, has a problem with fake news. It is not known yet what action would be taken or what new laws would be implemented but we know that it...
Christopher Tan of the Straits Times published an article about the unfair playground private hire vehicles (Uber/Grab etc) operate in. (ST/25th April 2017 – Beware of being taken for a ride) He may not have specifically...
Every other day, there are people sharing pieces of news arising from unconfirmed, dubious sources that do nothing but sensationalise the things written on them. In a world where anyone can be a content maker with the ability to...
In a way, the NTUC setup the PAP. Maybe not in the same form that you see today, but that was how it began. Mr. Lee began his political life by representing trade unions. That is the starting point. As a young legal assistant at...