The Conundrum of Cosmetic Interventions
The following letter was sent in by Sharon Wong. I have been working as an advisor to a number of government organizations for more than a decade and would like…
View ArticleWhy plastering LHL everywhere won’t work
By GS With Nomination Day over, it is time for the election campaigning to begin and the PAP has lost no time in strategically unfurling banner after banner and poster…
View ArticleGE issues – SkillsFuture, the billion dollar pipe dream?
By Reperio Simon In our earlier post, we wrote about the “gatekeepers”, FCF and TAFEP. Since we have managed to get past the gatekeepers, let’s see what’s really behind the…
View ArticleVote share and “a strong mandate” this GE
By Sherman Tang During the launch of the PAP’s 2015 election manifesto last Saturday, Mr Lee Hsien Loong said his party is seeking “a fresh and strong mandate from the…
View ArticleBalakrishnan should look at his party’s own track record: SDP’s Dr Chee
By Rachel Zeng Photo Credit: Timothy Lai The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) held a press conference on Wednesday morning, 2 September, to respond to Dr Vivian Balakrishnan’s criticisms of SDP’s…
View ArticleChen Show Mao delights crowd in making fun of Goh Chok Tong’s fable
Workers’ Party’s Chen Show Mao responded to Goh Chok Tong’s comparison of the opposition to the fable of the rooster that crows when the sun rises. “The rooster goes around claiming…
View Article#GE2015 Day 2 Diary: Of gender equality fails and rallies
Twitter monitoring All seats will be in Tweets related to #GE2015 spiked over 15,000 on Nomination Day, Twitter reported on Wednesday. The Workers’ Party was the most mentioned on Twitter,…
View ArticleTOCTV news tonight – Debates and ponies
For the next couple of days, Singapore will be buzzing with activities by various political parties to garner votes from the Singapore electoral to secure a parliamentary seat in the…
View ArticleExclusive: TOC interviews Samir Neji, Bukit Batok SMC’s unexpected contender
By Lim Jialiang Source: Screengrab from https://www.anaplan.com/people/samir-neji/ Mr Samir Salim Neji, 45, made the news yesterday when he showed up at Keming Primary School to stand as an independent...
View ArticleWP comes out swinging, sets record straight on AHPETC
After almost two years of badgering by the ruling party, all three chairpersons of the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) stoutly defended their town council’s record and performance...
View ArticleThe most brilliant poster placement in propaganda war
The knives are out, the words are sharp, the war is well and truly underway – and so too the battle for visibility. The political parties rushed to put up…
View ArticleLee’s poster around S’pore – is it against the law?
UPDATE, 3 September, 9.50am: “Under the law, the face of the political party’s leader can be used in the posters for the candidates standing for that political party, since voters…
View ArticlePhotos – Workers’ Party Rally at Hougang Field on 2 Sept
Workers’ Party Rally held at Hougang Field on 2nd September 2015 All photos by Pauline Tan
View ArticleSylvia Lim clears up allegations against the WP regarding AHPETC
By Tiffany Gwee Photo credit: Chong Woon Hian During the Workers’ Party’s (WP) first rally last night, Chairman Sylvia Lim committed her whole rally speech to help clear up the…
View ArticleMaking Singapore our happy home through GE2015, post-SG50
The following letter was sent in by a reader. This is home truly, where I know I must be Where my dreams wait for me, where the river always flows…
View ArticleThe poor in Singapore are on a train to Greece
By Kumaran Pillai There was a public outrage when a man who couldn’t manage the YOG budget cast doubt on the Singapore Democratic Party’s economic plan. That man was none…
View ArticleThe irony in this photo
The photo below was contributed by one reader who is too young to vote. Just wanted to post this photo with the upcoming General Election around the corner. I myself…
View ArticleYour candidate: Terence Tan – From the world to S’pore
After returning to Singapore in 2010, having spent almost a decade traversing the world being a successful entrepreneur, Mr Terence Tan found that things had changed. Terence Tan had spent…
View ArticleThe Old Left hits the ground for the 2015 general election
“Hello! 有人在家吗？我们是新加坡民主党，请你们投我们一票！” (“Hello, is anyone home? We’re from the Singapore Democratic Party, please vote for us!”) I followed the two grey-haired men from door to door on Wednesday evening as…
View Article#GE2015 Day 3 Diary: Six rallies across the island
There were six rallies across the island today – two by the People’s Action Party and one each by the Workers’ Party, Singapore Democratic Party, Singaporeans First and independent candidate…
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