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Someone's fetish for the colour pink goes a long way back....
Little importance accorded to LHL's recent visit to China; CCP's 人民日报 provides scant coverage only on page 3
EMBARRASSING MUCH?


Exactly. I could fathom Gan's attendance to foster trade relations, but Ong going too? Nothing short of befuddling.
Bertha Henson implores PM Lee Hsien Loong to step down, says his family affairs are becoming a spectacle

ChatGPT describes in detail what is a dishonourable son

PM Lee Hsien Loong urges S’poreans to “cherish family time and make it a greater priority”, but doesn’t invite brother for CNY dinner

SINGAPORE — In his Chinese New Year message on the eve of CNY, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong reminded the population to stay vigilant despite the stable COVID situation and cherish family time, making it a greater priority.
“After nearly three years battling the pandemic, I am glad that we can fully resume our Chinese New Year celebrations. I am sure this year’s festivities will be especially meaningful for many. The lohei will be tossed extra high, cheers of “Huat ah” will be extra loud, and family gatherings extra joyous.:” said PM Lee,
This is true given that during the pandemic, the Ministry of Health had instructed that the “lohei” should be done without any verbalisation of the usual auspicious phrases and diners are reminded to avoid raising their voices.
PM Lee also thanked the hard work and sacrifices of those fighting at the frontline against COVID-19 pandemic and keepin…
More Fake News From LHL’s Re-Election Team at His Personal Statistics Department and Media Monopoly

The Government announced and state media reported that the economy had grown by 4.4% in the second quarter on a year-on-year basis. This was itself a slowdown from the advance estimate of 4.8% announced in July though of course the downward revision was not admitted in the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) press release. To paint a rosier picture, MTI said this was faster than the 3.8% growth recorded in the first quarter.
However reading a little further I discovered that far from growth having accelerated in the second quarter, it was actually negative. On a month-on-month seasonally adjusted annualized basis the economy contracted by 0.2% . This should have been the significant news since it is a snapshot of how the economy is actually doing now rather than compared with the past. The figure of 4.4% is particularly misleading because there was a “circuit breaker” (the PAP’s euphemis…
Bullshit: The Game Show (starring real-life clowns from the PAP)

Pinky is somewhat suggesting Pritam & gang's actions will dishonour parleement, what about himself?

If a dictator controls the media, black can be called white and white can be called black. It's an ancient Chinese tradition. ;)
PM Lee awarded $210K in damages against TOC editor Terry Xu, netizens call Mr Lee shameless, heartless and disgraceful amongst other things


Big fat caveat alert: IF all goes well ;)