“Taking five weeks’ leave from work is not as difficult as one thinks.”
Perm Sec, Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Tan Yong Soon
“The internet decentralizes power, takes it out of the hands of the elite few, and distributes this power into the hands of each of the millions. With the internet, talented journalists that Balji calls for, may no longer be needed. When something happens to you, you no longer need to wait for a talented journalist to tell the world your story – you can do it yourself. And if everyone involved in your situation does so, we would have the same story told from a hundred different angles, and the reader will be the determiner of the truth. No longer do we have to hear only one or two reporters’ version of the story, with all the bias – with the internet, the ideals of many many independent news providers are achieved, because everyone can now be a news provider.”
Mathia Lee
“As leaders of our nation and caretakers of our economy, they should have a keener sense of business acumen and judgement of characters. But then again, Singaporeans aren’t too smart themselves to be keeping this bunch of half-baked potatoes in the government for eons.”
Wayang Party
“We are still paying golden peanuts for stupid monkeys.”
Singapore Dino
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