Low Thia Khiang: Keep the government on its toe, for the benefit of Singapore
Workers’ Party (WP) Secretary General, Low Thia Khiang speaks about how the voters have seen for themselves how the government is kept on its toe after voting in seven opposition…
View ArticleYour candidate: Koh Choong Yong – Making time to serve
Mr Koh Choong Yong, 42, was introduced on 26 August as a Workers’ Party (WP) candidate. Mr Koh had stood in Sengkang West SMC at the last elections in 2011…
View ArticleThe Calling it Out Show – GE in sports commentator style
This week Sean and Ben from the Calling it Out Show provide an overview of the upcoming election – key players, important grounds of contest, political manoeuvres – all in…
View ArticleReform Party introduces candidates for West Coast and Radin Mas
The Reform Party (RP) introduced its candidates for West Coast GRC and Radin Mas SMC this morning at the Telok Blangah Food Centre. Kumar Appavoo, who previously stood for election…
View ArticleGE issues – job security, the Fair Consideration Framework and its limited...
By Reperio Simon Jobs. This will be a hotly debated topic for this General Election. It is the one singular topic with many real concerns, ranging from security to opportunity,…
View ArticleReflections on the PM’s SG50 National Day Rally Speech
By Masked Crusader Some have dubbed this year’s national day rally speech by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong—made just two days before he “advised” the President to dissolve parliament and…
View ArticleChinese workers’ protest: What could have happened?
By Jolovan Wham (HOME) Holding placards and kneeling in the middle of a road outside the Ministry of Manpower building, two migrant Chinese workers were reportedly arrested for protesting over…
View ArticleWorkers’ Party announces second batch of candidates for GE
By Biddy Low Worker’s Party unveiled their latest group of potential candidates today at their party headquarters. Led by Sylvia Lim and Png Eng Huat, the 4 would-be politicians include…
View ArticleEvery individual is a creative being: Mr John Tan
By Timothy Lai Keeping up with the trend of the past few days, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) announced the candidature of Mr Sidek Mallek, a compliance auditor for a…
View ArticleWorkers’ Party Candidate Dr Daniel Goh repudiates rumours of affair
By Lim Jia Liang An email alleges that Dr. Daniel Goh had an extra-marital affair with a student he was guiding for her PhD. This was sent to various media…
View ArticlePoliticians can work without incentives? Don’t be “seduced”, says Vivian...
Suggestions that politicians can work without incentives is a seductive notion, especially during an election period, says the Minister of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR), Vivian...
View ArticleDon’t respond to smearing with smearing, Daniel Goh urges supporters
The Workers’ Party (WP) candidate, Daniel Goh, has urged the public not to respond to smearing with smearing. Dr Goh, who is an Associate Professor at the National University of…
View ArticleWhat is responsible voting?
The following is a letter sent in by reader Lim NT. To some, elections are about the future of Singapore. We play a part in giving the right people the…
View ArticleThe importance of volunteering with the opposition parties
The following letter was sent in by reader David Tan. I have a message that I urgently want to share. The time has come for us to do our part…
View ArticleWorkers’ Party candidate Dr Daniel Goh files police report against poison letter
Workers’ Party candidate Dr Daniel Goh has made a police report on the poison pen letter which claims that he had an extra-marital affair with a student at National University…
View ArticleBlue versus White
The following letter was sent in by a group of readers who works at CBD. We sat down with our families on the live broadcast of the National Day Rally…
View ArticleGE issues – A revision for the education system
By Howard Lee Any parent who has a child in primary school, of is going to send one there soon, would no doubt have waited with anxious anticipation when newly…
View ArticleRoom for improving voting process, campaigning ethics for free and fair...
Human rights advocacy group MARUAH has written a letter to Mr Lee Seng Lup, Head of the Elections Department, to call for more stringent requirements on the balloting process, and for clarity on…
View ArticleK Shanmugam indicates intention to lodge police report over “seditious” comment
Singapore’s incumbent Law Minister K Shanmugam has indicated an intention to lodge a police report against Sangeetha Thanapal for a comment he described as “inaccurate and seditious”. Thanapal had...
View ArticlePAP vs WP – Political blindspots and a credible opposition
By Ghui It has been four years since seven elected opposition MPs from the Workers’ Party claimed victory in GE 2011. Opposition party supporters celebrated this high point in the…
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