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The public service? Politicised? Surely not?!
This week: Karl Liew pleads guilty, and Lawrence Wong says the public service shouldn't be politicised, which definitely hasn't already happened definitely no more questions
#@%! your “temperate and dignified”
Thoughts on anger, power imbalances, "radical rudeness" and demands for civility in the Singaporean context.
More Lee family feud side drama
This week: Further action might be taken against Progress Singapore Party NCMP Leong Mun Wai over a Facebook post, and human rights lawyer M Ravi is given a five-year suspension.
Harassment and human rights reports
This week: Yet another investigation into human rights lawyer M Ravi, and Singapore doesn't look that great in human rights reports...
Book update: I sent it innnnn (again)
I was going to write this as an email to Milo Peng Funders that won't get published on the We, The Citizens website, but decided that since the previous book updates got published I might as well continue so that everything's neat. Perhaps one day we will all look back
Who uses an awards ceremony for kids to kpkb about their rival? 😒
This week: Teo Chee Hean "hijacks" the Edusave Awards, questions are asked about senior leadership at SPH Media, and MOM sticks to mediation-first approach against workplace discrimination.
The Lee family's highly politicised drama
What started as a private family quarrel about Lee Kuan Yew's house has woven itself into the fabric of Singapore politics and grown increasingly partisan. It should prompt us to reflect on power in this country.
This Lee family soap opera just won’t end
This week: Here we go again with the Lee family feud.
"This response doesn't work? Let's double down."
This week: Deterrence isn't working out when it comes to drugs, so the government wants more deterrence.
Budgets, KPIs, and conflicts of interest
This week: the government offers increased grants for first-time buyers of HDB resale flats, but could that push up the price?