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social commentaries on Singapore and more by Singaporean writer Chan Joon Yee

Dewdrop Notes 露语

social commentaries on Singapore and more by Singaporean writer Chan Joon Yee

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    • Better a Whore Than a Concubine
    • Curiosity & Passion
    • Like a Dewdrop
    • My Greatest Influencer
    • Worlds Apart
  • Managing Facebook Woke
    • Business Is Always Personal and Political in China.
    • Chinese Patriots
    • Drugs and the PLA
    • Empire & Knowledge
    • Exiled Chinese Author 马健
    • Forensic Pathology
    • Four Legs Good , Two Legs Better
    • Hamas
    • Men Are Neanderthals
    • No Peace Without War?
    • Not Enforcing Laws Because it Would be Inconvenient
    • Nuclear Holocaust Averted by Soviet Soldier
    • Russia + China = Trouble
    • Russia’s Claim On Ukraine
    • Shame On The Woke
    • Start-ups Then and Now
    • State Sponsored Fake News
    • Terrorism Rebranded As Humanitarian
    • The First Heavenly King – 洪秀全
    • The Value of the Useless
    • Theranos – how some fraudulent practices persist
    • They Call It “Western Media”
    • Ukraine Fights Back
    • Uniquely Chinese?
    • Western and Independent Media
    • Who Represents The Real China?
    • Why Singapore will never have a Richard Branson
    • Winter is Coming by Gary Kasparov
    • You Won’t Know When You’ll End Up on the other side
    • 一千个失败的理由
    • 何谓正能量?
    • 张冠李戴
  • About Dewdrops
  • Book Reviews
    • A Tale of Two Cities – Singapore & JB
    • Asian Ghost Stories and more
    • Journey In Blue
    • Mahadeva, Pioneer Of Journalism In Early Singapore
    • Neither Civil Nor Servant – the Philip Yeo Story
    • Reluctant Editor
    • Saint Jack by Paul Theroux
    • Singapore’s Study Mama
    • The Immolation by Goh Poh Seng
    • The Quah Kim Song Story
  • Chan Joon Yee The Adventurer
  • Singapore’s Ultimate Rebel, Chua Lam 蔡澜
    • A Colourful Life Is A Life Well Lived
    • Chua Lam Love & Sex
    • Chua Lam On Banishing Stress
    • Chua Lam Q&A
    • Chua Lam, Twilight Years
    • Chua Lam’s Biography In Motion
    • Chua Lam’s China Q&A
    • Chua Lam’s Philosophy
    • I Decide To Live Interestingly by Chua Lam 我决定活得有趣
    • Love & Marriage
    • My Inspiration
    • Chua Lam Looking Back
    • Chua Lam On Puer Tea
    • Being Alive And Having Lived
    • Chua Lam’s Views On Morality
    • Farewell To Chuan Lam’s Brother 蔡萱
  • Uniquely Singapore?
    • What Being Kiasu Really Means?
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Malaysia–Singapore Cross-Border Ride-Hailing: Connectivity or Unfair Competition?

admin August 30, 2025 No Comments

Malaysia Transport Minister Anthony Loke said on 18 Aug that his country hopes to introduce cross-border ride-hailing with Singapore to “increase connectivity”. But is it really about increasing connectivity? A…

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Singapore GRIT Traineeships: Real Jobs or Cheap Labour?

admin August 26, 2025 No Comments

Tan See Leng said that before and perhaps in order to survive, we ought to be more like foreigners. Come October 2025, Singapore will be offering up to 800 new…

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Ethnicity & Nationality

admin June 26, 2025 No Comments

I used to have a lot of respect for Prof Tay Kheng Soon, architecture professor at NUS. I still respect him but social media and his frequent posts have given…

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Ian Fang 方威捷 Sex With Minor

admin May 19, 2025 No Comments

Former MediaCorp TV artist Ian Fang 方威捷 pleaded guilty in the State Court on 19 May 2025 for repeated sexual assaults on a girl under the age of 16. He…

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Doctors Without Targets

admin May 17, 2025 No Comments

Complaints against doctors have been growing in Singapore in recent years. The reputation of this once highly regarded profession has taken a hit. The high incidence of doctors being hauled…

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Shut Up About Su Haijin Or Else

admin May 14, 2025 No Comments

Sea of Gold, Su Haijin is a stranger! Health Minister Ong Ye Kung and Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat have issued lawyers’ letters to a man known as “Rich Sng”…

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Ng Chee Meng And a Sea of Gold

admin May 7, 2025 No Comments

So what’s new after GE2025? More drama. Mr Ng Chee Meng must have heaved a sigh of relief on the night of 3 May, but just when the PRCs with…

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GE2025 how the West was lost

admin May 5, 2025 No Comments

Summary of GE2025 results – PAP remains the government, with supermajority. – Lawrence Wong got the strong mandate he wanted. Popular vote is 65.67%, a resounding victory by any standards.…

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Lawrence Wong’s Game Of Chess

admin May 1, 2025 No Comments

Happy Labour Day. It’s also the eve of Cooling Off Day and PM Lawrence Wong had used his May Day address to send some “coded” messages across. He cautioned voters…

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Punggol, Vote Without Fear

admin April 25, 2025 No Comments

Punggol residents need not fear losing a DPM. They have already done us a favour themselves by removing a number of heavyweights. For Heng Swee Keat, I actually feel a…

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