Managing agents in key positions in town councils – a common practice
The Auditor General’s Office (AGO) report on its audit of the Workers’ Party-led Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) has raised the issue of a conflict of interest in the management…
View ArticleMindef files court application, Ting & TOC ready to refute allegations
The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) has replied to Dr Ting Choon Ming’s and The Online Citizen’s decision not to accede to its demands in relation to the article on Dr Ting Choon…
View ArticleReflections on IPS seminar: Assessing the rationality of political online space
By Ng E-Jay I attended the Institute of Policy Studies seminar entitled “Assessing the Rationality of Political Online Space” held on 11 Feb 2015. In this seminar, IPS presented quantitative…
View ArticleSylvia Lim lays down the facts to correct misimpressions
Speech by MP for Aljunied GRC and chairman of the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Townn Council. [Delivered in Parliament on 12 Feb 2015] We support the motion and as Town Council chairman…
View ArticleAGC tries to have its cake and eat it?
By Gangasudhan The Attorney General Chambers (AGC) issued a 163-word statement on Wednesday with regard to the public discourse surrounding the Thaipusam incident, comprising four paragraphs that look...
View ArticleNo Wild Wild Web, but what don’t we already know about media “objectivity”?
By Howard Lee The Institute of Policy Studies released the results of a study on 11 February on the “rationality” of blogs as the comment on political issues, which concluded…
View ArticleNo go for HLP event – police cites “significant risk of public disorder”
The Singapore Police Force has rejected an application by Gilbert Goh to hold an event at Speakers’ Corner on Saturday, 14 February. Mr Goh’s event is titled “In Solidarity with…
View ArticleShanmugam’s chart raises questions about PAP TCs’ MA rates
The sampling of the rates versus actual payment to the managing agents begs the question of whether the chart depicting “cheaper” rates presented by the Law Minister is really accurate.
View ArticleCutting through the smog to the facts on AHPETC
The debate in Parliament over the Workers’ Party town council, AHPETC, has been fiery with many accusations thrown at the WP. It would thus be good to go beyond the…
View ArticleAGO had also found shortcomings in ministries and others: Png
“Over the years, the AGO has found sad instances of over payments, payments without evidence that goods and services were delivered, duplicate payments and in one instance amounting to $18.6…
View Article50 shades of white, PAP government’s house needs cleaning
By Jentrified Citizen There has been a firestorm in Parliament this past week with the ruling party lashing out at the Workers Party with exceptional venom and shockingly slanderous accusations.…
View ArticleHeng Swee Keat’s allegations – wild claims or fact?
In Parliament on Friday, Education Minister Heng Swee Keat joined in the attacks on the Workers’ Party (WP) over the management of the WP town council, AHPETC. In particular, Mr…
View ArticleSingapore prime minister diagnosed with prostate cancer
Prime Minister Office has released a statement on Sunday that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and will undergo surgery to remove his prostate gland…
View ArticleTOC Ltd launches GE2015 programme with fund-raiser for full-fledged...
- Media Release - The Opinion Collaborative Ltd is preparing for the coming General Elections by embarking on a crowd-funding initiative to employ additional staff to cover the hustings and…
View ArticleDocument shows different rates from MA rate chart produced by Law Minister
On Friday, 13 February, Law Minister K Shanmugam clarified in parliament about the managing agent fee rates which he provided earlier to show that the fees for Aljunied Hougang Punggol East…
View ArticleA whiff of sulphur
By Masked Crusader “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” says Marcellus in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. In coffee shops around Singapore and online forums the sentiment is similar even if…
View ArticleAHPETC in Parliament and the politics of stupidity
By Howard Lee Some of us might be bewildered by what happened in Parliament last week, when a motion was tabled to discuss at length about the Accounting General’s investigation…
View ArticleEye on politics – pre-CNY walkabouts, and well-wishes to PM
Opposition political parties have been up and about last weekend, presumably visiting residents before the Chinese New Year festivities kick in. Well-wishes to PM Lee Hsien Loong…
View ArticleGovernment should keep promise to gazette at least one other holiday
By Ravi Philemon As some research shows that besides other benefits, holidays have positive impacts on the social life of people, I am for the idea of having more gazetted…
View ArticleNUS Business School joins forces with Chicago Booth to develop Asia’s human...
SINGAPORE - In a landmark collaboration between two leading business schools from the East and West, the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School and the University of Chicago Booth...
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