National Service: The wrath over people “running away” from conscription
By Ghui National service (NS) has always been a hot button issue. Given that it is a mandatory 2-year (formerly 2.5 years) sacrifice meted out on our young men in this increasingly competitive world,...
View ArticleChan Chun Sing contradicting with Lee Kuan Yew’s meritocracy nation?
By Richard Wan Channel News Asia (CNA) reported on 23 January that the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Chan Chun Sing, told the St Gallen Symposium Singapore Forum that instead of blindly...
View ArticleHonouring Albert Winsemius
By Dr Wong Wee Nam The name Albert Winsemius should be known to Singaporeans who are interested in Singapore’s economic growth. Without him, we might not be as developed or as prosperous as we are...
View ArticleWarning about internet marketing courses in the market
This letter was sent to Empoweradvisory.com and published on The Online Citizen for public awareness. The letter writer and course facilitator are not named to protect the individual from legal claims....
View ArticleERP rates to be increased at 5 gantries from 1 Feb
Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced on Monday that the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates at three gantries on the Ayer Rajah Expressway and two gantries at the Pan-Island Expressway will be...
View ArticleLTA to tighten technical requirements for PABs from 1 February
With effect from 1 February. the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will tighten the technical requirements for power-assisted bicycles (PABs) and impose stricter penalties for those who sell and use...
View ArticleSingapore: Bloggers, internet users increasingly targeted
Repression of Free Speech and Assembly Undermine Credibility By Human Right Watch Singapore’s government increased scrutiny of the Internet in a year in which it further restricted rights to freedom of...
View ArticleSDP: Reform, not adjust, the election system
The Singapore Democratic Party has issued its statement in response to the proposed changes to the electoral system made by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Parliament today (27 January). In its...
View ArticleLGBTI groups lament the lack of progress on Section 377A
LGBTI groups, Pink Dot SG & Oogachaga has issued a joint statement in response to the comments made by the Singapore representative, Chan Heng Chee at the 24th session of the Human Rights Council’s...
View Article99.7% of jobs created in 2015 went to foreigners
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) released its preliminary report on Thursday, announcing an increase of 31,800 or 0.9% jobs created in 2015, the lowest year-on-year growth since 2003. Out of the 31,800...
View ArticleSingapore civil society responds to Universal Periodic Review
Note: The writer is a member of We Believe in Second Chances, an anti-death penalty group that is part of the Alliance of Like-Minded Civil Society Organisations in Singapore (ALMOS). The human rights...
View ArticleHOME responds to Singapore’s claim of happy migrant workers at UPR
By Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME) A delegation of Singapore government officials arrived in Geneva this week to participate in the Universal Periodic Review, a human rights...
View ArticleSAYONI: Vicious cycle of pretence on discrimination of LGBTQ in Singapore
SAYONI, a local non-government organisation, remarked that the Singapore government has not shown a willingness to address the daily discrimination and violence against LGBTQ persons perpetuated and...
View ArticleChanges to NCMP a small price for a bigger fish
By Chris Kuan On Wednesday, 27 January 2016, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that the Constitution will be amended for the minimum number of opposition members will be increased from the...
View ArticleSingapore exile, Tan Wah Piow writes to AGC asking for convictions in 1975...
Singapore exile, Tan Wah Piow has sent a letter to the Attorney-General Chambers (AGC) office asking for the convictions in 1975 against him and another two individuals to be quashed in view of the...
View ArticleChanges to NCMP system: Patronising and calculated
By Ghui At first glance, the new raft of amendments to our political system made me indignant. I thought it patronising on so many levels. Firstly, it fudges the differences between NCMPs and elected...
View ArticleNCMP scheme itself is a politcal maneuvering
By Richard Wan In yesterday’s (29 Jan) Parliamentary debate, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Chan Chun Sing accused Workers’ Party (WP) of political maneuvering when WP proposed to transfer the...
View ArticleLee Li Lian shows how helpless she would be if she took up an NCMP position
In a Facebook post on Saturday, Workers’ Party candidate for Punggol East SMC in the General Election 2015, Lee Li Lian spoke out on the issue of the Non-constituency Member of Parliament seat that had...
View ArticleWorkers’ Party’s position NCMP sound
By Ng Kok Lim I refer to the 30 Jan 2016 Straits Times report “Party’s transfer of vacant seat a political manouevre: PAP MPs”. Spirit of NCMP scheme While the spirit of the Non-constituency Member of...
View ArticleSingaporeans fully employed with median income rising?
By Richard Wan It was recently reported on the Straits Times that Singapore’s employment grew by only 31,800 last year, the slowest pace in 12 years [Link]. More workers lost their jobs last year,...
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