HeyJaredSingapore Confidential
A podcast about little known aspects of Singapore’s security, defence, espionage, crime and other juicy stories from our history
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Unpopular opinions: ministerial pay increase & SIA's Air India deal (feat. Calvin Cheng) | Ep20 (opens the original)
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We sit down with Singapore's most controversial (or as he puts it, courageous?) political commentator Calvin Cheng to discuss racism, salaries, and facing the online mob. Was the SIA-Air India deal politicised? How did online comments turn racist so quickly? The trio spar on Singapore’s Ministerial Salaries, whether top leaders should be paid like private-sector CEOs, and suggest a different way of calculating the pay adjustment. Plus, Calvin shares his unfiltered takes on handling online outrag
PM Wong’s NDR: The Big Things You Might Have Missed | Ep 19 (opens the original)
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In this episode, the boys are recording live from the heart of Maju Forest, now at the centre of a heated debate over development, nature and how Singapore handles difficult trade-offs. But what happens when everyone gets a say? Chapters: (00:00) Intro (00:27) Maju Forest (04:21) The backlash and public consultation (07:30) Housing, GCBs and the trade offs (11:13) Golf courses and the politics of envy (14:35) National Day Rally (18:36) Childcare and young families (24:40) PM Wong and the questio
What a difference a word makes in Parliament | Ep 18 (opens the original)
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Parliament spent NINE HOURS this week debating the future path of Singapore’s economy. And what did they end up with? Why were MPs quibbling over the words of the motion they were going to pass? Singapore Confidential’s two micro-SME owners come together to discuss that, Salvador Dali, the art of surviving retrenchments, whether Singapore can rely on domestic demand to replace exports, and how inspiration, not grievance, should be the marker for politics in Singapore. Chapters: (00:00) Intro (01
Did he have to quit? | Ep 17 (opens the original)
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People are up in arms about forests in Singapore being cut down for affordable housing. Meanwhile, Bloomberg just lost a defamation suit. And a beloved Minister just tended a shock resignation in Singapore.Chapters: (00:00) Intro(01:29) “Minister got no time to watch” - Was Singapore overreacting?(06:07) Should Maju forest be cut down?(08:54) Singapore's Housing Crunch: The real numbers(14:28) Are satellite cities the solution?(15:32) Is IRAS coming for flower joints?(19:21) Bloomberg loses defa
Why This Teochew Movie Sparked a Parliament Debate | Dear You Movie《给阿嬷的情书》 | Ep16 (opens the original)
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Two chiak-kentang Chinese guys in Little India enjoying prata and Teh Tarik, and grumbling about the latest local drama. What could be more Singaporean? Marcus Lim and Benjamin Chiang weigh in on the movie that has local audiences scrambling for tickets and the government sweating. The Teochew-dialect version of the China mega-hit Dear You (给阿嬷的情书) has been consistently selling out screenings across the island. But what started as a cinematic nostalgia trip has quickly spiralled into a major tal
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