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View ArticleThe real hard truth: No money, no admission!
This is the real truth, my 95yrs old mum was at TTSH last Saturday at noon A&E ward for chest pain. She had gone through a series of Blood Test, ECG, X-Ray that ended at 10pm and Doctor suspected...
View ArticleEmployment consultancy offering cheap FT workers
<above pic: Click on image for clearer view of the email>This is a spam email I saw at work through our main company email by Kent Ng of KF Employment Consultancy and deleted it before my boss...
View ArticleDear TRS, take a look at what this PRC driver did along River Valley road
Dear The Real Singapore,I was walking around River Valley road when I saw this stupid bus driver trying to make a illegal U-turn here.Even car drivers don't do U-turn here because the road shoulder is...
View ArticleDear TRS, PRCs are renting out a partitioned space within a HDB
Dear The Real Singapore,I saw this notice at my house area bus stop and it seems like PRCs are now renting out a partitioned room to other PRCs living in Singapore.I called them and a PRC women picked...
View ArticleMOM Employment Company trying to Solicit companies to employ Foreign worker
*Article contributed by an anonymous contributor Dear TRS, Below email really turned off my day. How can a MOM registered employment company openly mass email everyone to openly look for both skilled...
View ArticlePAP Minister: Singapore is a city, not a country
"...the Gini coefficient here has fallen and while it was high for a country, it’s not high for a city, which we are...If you look at cities … the Gini in New York is higher than the Gini for America"...
View ArticleSembawang TC neglects roof maintaince, water leak almost causes shortcircuit...
Dear The Real Singapore,I am a resident in Woodlands Block 83X. It is the older building among the flats in the vicinity. Below is an open letter to Sembawang Town council as this problem had persisted...
View ArticlePMET with 3 kids dismissed by Indian agency after maternity and replaced by...
Hi Gilbert,I was referred to you by a friend – I am currently still unemployed after been unfairly dismissed by a foreign Indian recruitment company after I returned from my maternity.My replacement is...
View ArticleSamsung tried to make me pay $550+ for repairs my handphone didn't need
My wife's 15 month old Samsung Galaxy Note II was unable to power on. I went to the Samsung Service Centre and paid the mandatory $30 evaluation fee only to be told that the motherboard, subboard and...
View ArticleMy traumatic encounter with a foreign barbarian!
It’s been quite a while since my last blog entry here. I was busy learning the taxi trade the hard way thru trial and error. From 24 Feb onwards, I started driving taxi full swing. Before that, it was...
View ArticleWoodlands Checkpoint: Where's the empathy, ICA?
(Picture from http://www.straitstimes.com)The Immigration and Checkpoint Authority (ICA) urges motorists to co-operate at the land checkpoints as it concerns issues of security. Most motorists show...
View ArticleConned by Fake ICA officials
Hello fellow Singaporeans, I am a foreigner working in Singapore at a meager salary on S-Pass and my Husband is out of job and is my dependent. We got a call from +6563916100 which is the ICA contact...
View ArticleDear TRS, I am shocked by the standard of hygiene in Sree Narayana Mission Home
Dear The Real Singapore,I am a volunteer at Sree Narayana mission home at Yishun and I would like to complain that I am really shocked by the standard of hygiene in this mission home.These elder people...
View ArticleAnderson Secondary spends $38,000 to Teach 13 Foreign Students English
Many of us in secondary schools have seen the PRC Invasion.Many government schools have seen too many PRC foreign students with no roots to stay in Singapore but yet being invited to study.One...
View ArticleDear TRS, this Indian national has been pouring food out of the window...
Dear The Real Singapore,This new resident that just moved into my estate at Block 83 Commonwealth Close was spotted dumping porridge from a pot out of her kitchen window not only once, but on many...
View ArticleCivil Service College Blows $100,000 to Host Foreign Delegates
Civil Service College, a stats board in Buona Vista, trains top ranking PAP govt officers in leadership positions and at the same time hosts foreign delegates in various dialogue sessions.One of my...
View ArticleRude FT cyclists block the road, cycle slowly and then point middle finger at...
Wondering if this is proper behaviour to have as a responsible road user,even for those who use "natural energy"... My friend was driving in the city area this evening when a group of western cyclist...
View Article21 year-old Fresh Graduate offended by PAP's anti-Singaporean policies
Dear TRS,I am currently in my final-year accountancy degree studies at NTU, scheduled to end my last exam in May.As most accountancy undergraduates can tell you, we are willing to settle for lower...
View ArticleDear TRS, look at what this "Foreign Talent" is doing
Dear The Real Singapore,I want to share with you a video of what this foreigners are doing in our country. They are thrashing and kicking things everywhere and was even very aggressive towards passerby...
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