OnePacificNews, November 26, 2018, Monday Twitter: @WengCouver Malaysians delivered a political earthquake last May when they voted in a new government to replace the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition that had been in power since the country gained independence in 1957. The people were seemingly so scandalised by the level of corruption under the nine-year rule […]
READ MOREThe Media Crisis In Vancouver’s Housing Crisis: Alternative Mortgage Lenders
admin November 17, 2018 0 COMMENTSOnePacificNews, November 17 2018, Saturday Ng Weng Hoong StarMetro (story below) has finally published one of the most important but under-reported stories of the Metro Vancouver housing market of recent years. Subprime lending provided by alternative mortgage lenders (AML) has been a major factor fuelling the region’s housing bubble. Canadians who do not qualify for […]
READ MOREOnePacificNews, November 16, 2018, Friday The Singapore government is making plans to promote its next generation of leaders to eventually succeed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and senior members of his cabinet. Of late, it’s not been going too well for the 66-year-old leader who has been in office since 2004. Concerns over his health […]
READ MOREOnePacificNews, November 11 2018, Sunday Ng Weng Hoong Canadian writer Terry Glavin is the latest commentator to mis-represent and mis-use Demographia, a survey that purportedly measures and ranks international housing affordability. In his October 31 commentary for the National Post, Mr Glavin refers to Vancouver as being “near the top of Demographia’s listings of cities […]
READ MOREOnePacificNews, November 2 2018, Friday Ng Weng Hoong David Eby just gave a good speech about human rights, about how the British Columbia government must address “issues of discrimination” in “creating a more inclusive, just society.” At the same time, the province’s Attorney General, more than any other politician in British Columbia today, has put […]
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