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Former secretary-general of the National Solidarity Party (NSP) Lim Tean has posted on Facebook in response to remarks by Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam's on the campaign victory of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Our reader was unhappy that SIA insisted to charge him US$50 for his Baptism name to be inserted into his ticket details. He also claimed double standards in not doing the same for Caucasian clients.

Our reader complained about an FT stall owner who placed his drinks just beside a phone shop, making him have to deal with unnecessary questions by his customers.

A drunk 44 year-old Australian man, Jason Peter Darragh, has been jailed 6 months and 2 weeks for fighting with several police officers in Changi Airport early this year.

A foreign student residing in Singapore submitted a video of her landlady launching a vicious attack against herself after a rental dispute.

A Malaysian woman thinks Singaporeans lack class and etiquette after seeing a sales promoter chide a foreigner for "testing" out the product. She thought the promoter was uneducated in doing so. She also said that Singapore is highly dependent on foreigners even though it pretends otherwise.

After 4+ years, I've decided to say goodbye to Singapore. I thought the other "exit interview" posted here a while back was interesting, so thought I'd do my own. There is probably some overlap.

According to the netizen, the Indian family had bought a pair of shoes on Friday but were trying to exchange the shoes 2 days later on Sunday. They claim that the shoes were the wrong size. When the staff refused to exchange the shoes for hygiene and other reasons, the man and his wife became aggressive.

Singapore's cost of living has fallen for expatriates living here, says a report by ECA International. According to the report, Singapore now ranks 24th in the list of locations most expensive for expats, as compared to 18th last year. This is the first time Singapore has fallen out of the 20 top ranking position.

I have always believe in the Singapore system. But recent events in this country suggest that we may no longer be operating on meritocracy anymore. In fact, it seems we have regressed to colonial times where foreigners are busy snapping up jobs from all Singaporean locals, and the best salaries and good prospects are reserved for those born outside of this country.