ERP rates revised for gantries along AYE and BKE
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has said that it completed its quarterly review of traffic conditions on Electronic Road Pricing (ERP)-priced roads and expressways, and will be revising the ERP...
View ArticleApple plunges after revenue declines, Saudi Arabia plans to end reliance on oil
By Margaret Yang, CMC Markets Commodities – Crude oil prices rebounded on Tuesday. WTI oil futures closed 3.3% higher to $44.04, a five-month high. Traders are keeping an eye on the DoE weekly crude...
View ArticleSubscribers only – Discussion on media coverage of the General Election 2015
A forum, "The Media and Elections" conducted by The Online Citizen for the post General Election 2015 discussion. The discussion covers how media outlets covered the General Election 2015 and how...
View ArticleSubscribers only – Speaking with Malayan Communist and Singapore exile, Tan...
(Apologies that the film has yet to be subtitled, language in Chinese) The Online Citizen travelled down to Hat Yai, Thailand and spoke with Mr Tan Hee Kim, who is a former member of the People's...
View ArticleStraight fight in Bukit Batok for PAP’s Murali Pillai and SDP’s Chee Soon Juan
People's Action Party (PAP)'s Murali Pillai, 48 and Singapore Democratic Party (SDP)'s Chee Soon Juan, 53 will contest in a straight fight in the Bukit Batok SMC by-election. They were the only two who...
View ArticleEquities rebound as no surprises from FOMC, Crude oil above $45
By Margaret Yang, CMC Markets Equities –The US market finished higher as the Federal kept rates unchanged this morning. The positive sentiment is likely to spread over to Asian markets today, as the...
View ArticleSD/JPY tumbles as BOJ surprises market by keeping rates unchanged
By Margaret Yang, CMC Markets Equities –The Nikkei 225 tumbled 4% to 16,735 at 11am Singapore time, after the BOJ announced that it will keep interest rates at -0.1% and its asset purchasing value at...
View ArticlePoliticians and civil service must work hand in hand: PM Lee
Singapore currently finds herself in a “sweet spot” where politics and policies have worked well together, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on 26 April at the Administrative Service promotion...
View ArticleMinority presidential candidates and minority members in office of the...
The third public hearing on the review of the elected presidency was held earlier this week on 26 April. Those who spoke at the hearing include members from the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), human...
View ArticleMany still have to suppress their sexuality as a result of society’s intolerance
By Ghui In January last year (how time flies!), I wrote a commentary on how the Straits Times reported the asylum status of a transgender woman (read more). In that instance, I felt that the Straits...
View ArticleSingaporean transgender woman allowed to stay in UK to avoid reservist
Two British judges have ruled that a 33-year-old transgender woman will be allowed to remain in the UK, despite the UK Home Office’s argument that she should be deported back to Singapore. Should she...
View ArticlePolice announce rally sites for Bukit Batok by-election
Bukit Gombak stadium and an open field along Bukit Batok Industrial Park A have been designated by the Police as rally sites for the upcoming Bukit Batok by-election. The locations were made known by...
View ArticlePAP states SDP’s accusations of the PAP breaching the law were “absurd”
Just following the announcement of the two candidates contesting in the Bukit Batok by-election, the candidates' parties, the People's Action Party (PAP) and the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), found...
View ArticleOnline voting not feasible for overseas Singaporeans: Chan Chun Sing
On 6 April in Parliament, it was decided that online voting for Singaporeans living abroad using the SingPass portal still remained unfeasible due to concerns over authenticity of votes and the privacy...
View ArticleFamily of woman who died in childbirth seeks claims from Thomson Medical
Over eight years after a woman died in childbirth in September 2007, her family has obtained a ruling from the Court of Appeal on 6 April allowing them to pursue dependency claims from her obstetrician...
View ArticleDid Mr Tharman and Ms Grace Fu take leave from their ministerial appointments...
The above-featured photo taken by The Middle Ground on the nomination day, 27 April 2016, shows enthusiastic supporters of the People's Action Party (PAP) along with some Members of Parliament and...
View ArticleMurali said nothing of David Ong’s $23.6 million NRP promise when he...
When Mr Murali Pillai , the People's Action Party (PAP) candidate for the Bukit Batok by-election, announced the unveiling of the $1.9 million worth of infrastructure plans for a neighborhood in the...
View ArticleBOJ’s “no action” bomb sends safe-haven assets higher, yen surges further
By Margaret Yang, CMC Markets Equities – “Stunned like vegetable”, is probably the best word I can pick to describe the trading floor yesterday. The BOJ surprised the market by holding fire on further...
View Article“Maybe there isn’t enough talented Indian and Malay celebrities, or maybe we...
By Joshua Simon I propose a challenge. Go to town. Ion, 313, Orchard Central, Wisma, Takashimaya - any mall in town. I want you to count how many Malay/Indian men and women featured on the posters. Ok...
View ArticleDr Chee Soon Juan does not think PAP did a good job in its welfare programme
Dr Chee Soon Juan, Secretary-General of Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) and the party's candidate for the Bukit Batok SMC By-Election disagree that People's Action Party (PAP) did a good job in its...
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