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According to financial experts, the Singapore government may raise the Goods and Services Tax (GST), or other taxes including consumption taxes, stamp duties, and property taxes, in the near future, in order to pay for social spending.

Let's try to objectively understand the situation. 40% of people are unhappy with the current government due to certain policy that put them at a disadvantage. But let's also see what the opposition has done over the last 5 years. Objectively, both sides have faults, both sides have 'screwed up'. WP on the 'regional level', PAP on the 'national level'.

In December last year while speaking to his Party comrades at a People’s Action Party (PAP) event PM Lee Hsien Loong commenting on the opposition’s intent to act as checks and balances on the Government said “that for every one more ‘checker’ in parliament there will be one less doer, thinker and leader in the government to serve the nation and the people.”

Ever since we published an article about a PRC bus driver who had asked a local commuter about where he can obtain paid sex with minors, our contributor has come under immense pressure from the employer of the PRC driver, SBS Transit, and the government. No action has been taken against this PRC driver. Read a letter from our contributor's son, who has become disillusion with SBS and the government because of the persecution of his father.

Whenever foreigners misbehaves, Singaporeans must always self-reflect and think maybe we are wrong ... Whenever Singaporeans misbehaves we blame it on ourselves not anyone elses, so foreigners can't do no wrong? The foreigners are the ones who should watch their manners because they are guests here.

Below is the petition we submitted to various MPs, but it was still mis-presented in Parliament this week. Please also see Channel NewsAsia Singapore facebook "July 14 at 7.46am" on some of our feedback.

Surprise, surprise, LHL has finally admitted that the electoral boundaries review committee was formed two months back. I think this is easily the worst kept secret as you can see the sudden increase in activities by the PAP grassroots. This is also evident when the MOM has now u-turned and say that degrees from degree mills will be rejected. Just weeks ago, they stood firmly by their decision that experience is more important than “fake” degrees!! But what are the reasons for this supposedly strategic move by another “paper” general - LHL?

According to the My Paper news report “Foreign share of workforce to remain at one-third” (Jul 15) – “The Government aims to maintain the foreign share of Singapore’s workforce at the current one-third level, at a pace that the country can accomodate”.

I think that complaints are good, it helps one to know where had gone wrong, and to strive to do better. However, a complaint will turn bad with the use vulgarities. Below every article, in the comment section, there are bound to be some people out there, complaining about the govt, oh wait, I dint say that complaining isn't good. But pinpointing a person isn't good. "PM LHL XXXX XXXX XXX", "YOU ARENT LIKE YOUR FATHER", "SG IS GONNA FALL" all these comments of cursing and swearing, are really unforgivable, and actually to be honest, I actually feel sad for our PM.

Amos Yee did not apologise, has never apologised, for the video that he made. Nobody in Singapore should have the kind of freedom that Amos Yee so brazenly flaunted, just because he is not shackled to institutional wardens. It is an audacious taunt, an affront to all those who lead defeated lives of quiet compromise. It makes them sore, and it makes them vicious.