Hardware, Heartware and Headwear
The Facebook group “Love My Country Love My Hijab” is a discussion we’ve avoided for too long. It’s time we brought it out into the open and be bold but careful in declaring what our principles are as a nation. It seems to me that we parade terms like “multiculturalism” and “racial harmony” while actually […]
Fixing Low Wages: Buck Also Stops At Employers’
Out of curiosity, I attended the Ordinary Delegates’ Conference of the National Trades Union Congress at Far Far Away Country Club (Orchid Country Club) on Tuesday. As with many things to do with Singapore, there’s little pomp and ceremony to do with these things if you were to compare with our neighbouring countries: it is […]
A Few Perfect Days On Vacation
Nikoi Island gave us a perfect beach holiday a couple of months ago. If you haven’t heard of the place, it’s ok. We’d rather not have so many people know about it. Its only other presence on social media besides its own website is its TripAdvisor profile and FB page, and it’s really quite difficult […]
Our Monkeys Are Safe, For Now
Driving through to the end of Rifle Range Road, where there’s an ST Kinetics factory, and back out to Dunearn Road was very pleasant, and we’re very thankful for very pretty green pockets like these around the island. We hope it stays that way. We had been a bit worried that we hadn’t seen our […]
Security Association Shooting Themselves In The Foot
I read with some dismay last month the Security Association of Singapore’s chief’s statement about proposed progressive wage model guides for security professionals. It is positions like that which pose the biggest obstacles to better jobs and working conditions for lower income workers which NTUC has been calling for. Security guards remain one of the […]