Two tales of a city

I just read two tales of SIN city today. One from the mainstream media, and the other from the alternative media.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cna/20100117/tap-319-singaporeans-come-law-minister-231650b.html

http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/01/raiding-the-homeless-in-the-middle-of-the-night/

Which is make-belief? Which is reality? For those overseas, a tour of our beaches and housing estates late at night would be an eye-opener of what a "first world country" Singapore is.

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[Addendum 16-Feb-2010]

The Economist: Welfare in Singapore The Stingy Nanny

or click here for direct link to The Economist article.

[Addendum 25-Feb-2010]

For their "wonderful performance" in 2010, the "Ministers got early ang-pow".