Take care of residents, depoliticise town councils: NSP to government
The National Solidarity Party (NSP) has called on the government not to penalise residents Aljunied residents, tighten the framework of the Town Council Act and to depoliticise town councils so that…
View ArticleAlmost half of total flats built in 2013 and 2014 are private condominium units
Almost half of total flats built in 2013 and 2014 are private condominium units. This was revealed by the written reply of Ministry of National Development (MND) to the question of…
View ArticleDuo from The Real Singapore arrested under Sedition Act
Two persons from The Real Singapore (TRS) have been arrested and investigated by the police for offenses under the Sedition Act. Both, a Singaporean, 26 and an Australian woman, 22 were arrested…
View ArticlePrice of motorcycle COE hits another new high
By SGCharts.com The price of motorcycle COEs (Cat D) has hit yet another historical new high at $5,800! In the last COE open bidding in February, COE pricing for Cat D hit $5,504.…
View ArticlePrime Minister Lee discharged from SGH after successful operation
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was discharged from Singapore General Hospital this morning. Mr Lee was earlier admitted to the hospital to undergo surgery on Monday to remove his prostate gland…
View ArticleAPF 2015 officially hands statement to ASEAN governments and Government of...
PUTRAJAYA. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia officially received the statement of the ASEAN Peoples’ Forum (APF), at a meeting between the two at Wisma Putra yesterday. The Ministry received…
View ArticleSingapore Law Society: Cannot responsibly continue to include M Ravi as...
Singapore Law Society has released a press release on the cancellation of Human Rights Lawyer, M Ravi as a speaker in the Law Society’s Administrative and Constitutional Law Conference 2015 to…
View ArticleBack-track for Budget 2015 – retirement adequacy
Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam will be presenting Budget 2015 in Parliament today. We thought it would be good to take stock of what The Online Citizen have covered so far…
View ArticleSingapore: Blogger’s conviction violates free speech
Revoke Colonial-Era ‘Scandalizing the Judiciary’ Offense (New York, February 23, 2015) – A Singapore court’s conviction of a prominent blogger for contempt of court violates his right to freedom of…
View ArticleSBS Driver drove off with my 3 year old daughter
The following is a complaint sent to SBS on 6 February 2015 forwarded to us by one of our readers, who wishes to remain anonymous. We have verified her identity…
View ArticleEmployees whistle-blow on company to MOM over covered up incident
Employees from a local construction company whistle-blow to media and Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on a cover up incident at their work-site. In a letter addressed to members of the…
View ArticleBudget 2015 in bites
In case you missed our live post of Budget 2015 on Facebook, Here are all our #TOCBudget2015 brief updates in one page. DPM Tharman: 2014 Budget expects a deficit of…
View ArticleAWARE applauds breakthrough Budget speech
Statement by local non-government organisation, AWARE on the Budget 2015. The Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) applauds the emphasis on redistributive policies in the breakthrough...
View ArticleThe property market in the Year of the Goat
By Property Soul As we usher in the lunar new year, property enthusiasts are trying to peep into the crystal ball to see how the market will fare this year.…
View ArticleHDB: No full refunds for BTO flat buyers at Fernvale Link
The Housing and Development Board (HDB) said in a statement on 23 February that it will not be able to accede to the request by flat buyers affected by the…
View ArticleFourth train service disruption on the NSL in 2 weeks
By FAILRAIL.sg There have been 5 service disruptions on the North-South Line (NSL) this year. Out of which, 4 were serious enough for bus bridging services to be activated. Yesterday’s incident…
View ArticleRegisters of electors open for public inspection
The Elections Department has announced via a press release that the registers of electors have been revised and will be open for public inspection from 24 February to 9 March.…
View ArticleBudget 2015 not quite as rosy as made out to be
By Howard Lee The cynical among us would see Budget 2015 as an extension of a vote-buying scheme from Budget 2014. The focus of 2014 was on the elderly through…
View ArticleSMRT wins at the Global Risk Awards 2015
SMRT Corporation Ltd (SMRT) won its first award at the Institute of Risk Management (IRM)’s Global Risk Awards in the category of Delivering Value through Risk Management. The award was…
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