The reality of standing up for my country – part 1
It has been 17 days now since the Singapore General Elections. Enough of time to put thoughts into electrons and
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Hiding in plain sight
[photo from https://rangerrick.org/ranger_rick_jr/hiding-in-plain-sight/%5D In the Inconvenient Questions interview done by Viswa Sadasivan (recorded 3rd July 2020, and released 5th July
Looking forward to a recyclable, open sourced, wearable, contact tracing device
So, the other shoe is about to drop. Gov is planning on providing everyone a wearable contacting tracing device to
No. Internet voting is still a No Go.
I was asked by a friend why is it that we can’t do voting over the Internet. With all of
Democracy is a participatory sport, not a spectator sport!
Over eight years ago, I helped out a political party by volunteering to being their Polling Agent. It was a
My submission to the proposed changes to the Films Act
[The submission deadline is 5pm Singapore time Saturday December 30, 2017. Image above from http://www.newlovetimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/the-godfather.gif ] I have sent the
Congratulations NUS Engineers Class of 2016!
My speech at the Commencement of NUS Faculty of Engineering on July 12, 2016 at 3:00 pm. Mr Neo Kian
Remember, Remember The Eleventh of September. Majulah Singapura.
My extended family will be voting sometime today. My wife and I will be exercising our right to vote at
Ensuring that this gets as wide a read as possible before September 11, Polling Day
This has been circulating in the chat groups on telegram.org and whatsapp.com and want it to be as widely read
As the silly season starts
By noon on September 1st, we will know who are running for the 89 seats in the parliament. As voters
And the games have begun
Oh, the classic off-by-one error. All of us who were expecting the polling day to be September 12, started counting
To keep things in context
Just so that we don’t get distracted with all the SG50 festivities and forget key historical details, here’s some of
First impressions about the new Marina Coastal Expressway
I decided to take a spin onto the new Marina Coastal Expressway today. And my first impression is that it
It’s not about *taxing* anyone
By and large, Singaporeans accept the value and import of National Service. Yes, there are genuine situations where things can
Missing the point!
I will keep this post short. I am really disappointed with the way the Golden Village movie chain deals with
This is a fair request for a greater view of how Singapore is to be governed.
The following speech was delivered by Mr Viswa Sadasivan, Nominated Member of Parliament at the parliamentary sitting today, July 19
Automatically connecting to the Wireless@SG hotspots
Thanks to a caustic comment some years ago to Lee Kuan Yew by some visitors to Singapore, we have a
The Singapore Dilemma
So, the PSLE results came out today, November 26 2009. My son did well (got 3As and an A*) and
[SG Politics] Changes in SG political engagement?
Am intrigued about the proposals that are to be put forward by the establishment about some changes in how politics
[Singapore] Open Government and Open Parliament
I posted a very cynical comment but there is a bigger issue at play. There has never been any degree