New electoral boundaries – breaking down the numbers, and a need for...
By Howard Lee When Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong convened the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC) two months ago in May 2015, the group that was given the task of…
View ArticleEye on Politics – walkabouts after EBRC report
Various political parties have been out and about last weekend following the Electoral Boundary Review Committee report published last week. The Workers’ Party was at Joo Chiat, where secretary-general...
View ArticleWorkers’ Party to contest in 5 GRCs, 5 SMCs in coming elections
The Workers’ Party (WP) has indicated that it will contest a total of 28 seats – five Group Representation Constituencies (GRC) and five Single Member Constituencies (SMC) – in the next…
View ArticleHow to expect hawkers to make a decent living?
By Douglas Ng, Fishball Story After attending the briefing regarding the new hawker centre, I have some thoughts. I am a Gen Y hawker, and it takes a lot of…
View ArticleA sizable opposition in Parliament is the safeguard for Singapore’s future
By Ravi Philemon In December last year while speaking to his Party comrades at a People’s Action Party (PAP) event PM Lee Hsien Loong commenting on the opposition’s intent to…
View ArticleTOC celebrates Singapore this Saturday, 1 August
The time is almost here – in a few weeks, Singapore will be 50-years old. A momentous occasion, of course, and we would not miss it for the world. So,…
View ArticleNg Eng Hen chides Inderjit Singh – PAP in-fighting before elections?
Just two days after he announced his stepping down from Ang Mo Kio GRC, four-term People’s Action Party (PAP) Member of Parliament, Inderjit Singh, has been chided for making the…
View ArticleUK Prime Minister David Cameron visits Singapore on Tuesday
British Prime Minister David Cameron, who is currently in Indonesia on a regional tour, will make a two-day official visit to Singapore beginning tomorrow, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
View ArticleIndonesian President Joko Widodo makes official visit to Singapore for the...
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, accompanied by his wife First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo will be making an official visit to Singapore on the 28 – 29 July, the Ministry of…
View ArticleIncreased escalator breakdowns allegedly due to “Keep Left” courtesy campaign
On 13 May 2003, an escalator accident involving 20 over people took place at City Hall MRT station. The escalator had suddenly reversed direction and threw commuters off balance, causing…
View ArticleUS State Department gives Singapore Tier 2 ranking in trafficking report
Singapore has been ranked Tier 2 in the 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report released by the US Department of State on 27 July, meaning that despite making significant efforts, the…
View ArticleFake facebook account slanders opposition parties and praised PAP
Last evening, a post by “an ordinary Singaporean” went somewhat viral with on social media, saying how two opposition parties were backstabbing each other during their walkabouts. A Facebook account…
View ArticleAre you eligible to vote? Check against the composite registers of electors
The composite registers of electors for the purposes of the next general election and any election thereafter have been certified and are available for public inspection. There are a total of 2,460,977…
View ArticleIt was a scam, says businessman of “sham” awards
On 8 May this year, Mr Paul Lee was surprised to receive a call notifying him that his company had been nominated as one of the “Top 100 companies” in…
View Article2015 election message from I Love Singapore group
By the I Love Singapore group The electoral boundaries has been announced and the political parties are now working on which constituencies they would want to contest in and to avoid…
View ArticleWithout fear
By Dylan Cheng It is with great dismay that I share this incident with everyone. I am currently an intern with the renowned human rights lawyer, M Ravi. One of…
View ArticleLina Chiam: SPP will stand in Potong Pasir no matter
By TREmeritus In a media interview today (28 July), NCMP Lina Chiam said that she will continue to contest in Potong Pasir SMC and that her party “will not budge”…
View ArticleNon-religious groups criticise PM Lee’s remarks on “godless society”
By Kirsten Han / additional reporting by Andrew Loh Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s remarks about how a “godless society” would bring “many other problems”, have raised the ire of…
View ArticleNothing wrong with being ‘godless’
By Benjamin Goh I refer to Prime Minister Lee’s comments in his interview with Time Magazine published on Thursday, July 23rd. The Prime Minister was quoted in a CNA article…
View ArticleStop before it’s too late
By Neo Renjie Many die-hard supporters of the People’s Action Party (PAP) have pointed out that the PAP has done pretty well this term, tackling many problems robustly such as…
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