MFA updates travel advisory for Thailand
The Thai Government announced on 21 January 2014 that a state of emergency will be imposed for 60 days, with effect from 22 January 2014, in all districts of Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani’s...
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From Egypt to Afghanistan : Free woman, free world
Sherif Samir, writing from Egypt In the past year, during the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood, when the darkness of fanatical Muslims beset Egypt, and when it seemed that the spirit of resistance was...
View ArticleLTA Calls Tender to Assess Environmental Impacts for Cross Island Line
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) called for a tender yesterday for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of a portion of the Cross Island Line (CRL). According to the official press release from...
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Budget 2014: The ground responds
By Yasmeen Banu and Howard Lee This year Budget’s speech, made by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, and broadcast live last Friday, focuses more on the elderly,...
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Indian worker did not drop his pants “at any time”
By Andrew Loh / Terry Xu The Committee of Inquiry (COI) hearing into the events preceding the riot in Little India last December heard from an eyewitness on Monday that the deceased worker, Sakthivel...
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No honour in SAF’s handling of dog abuse case, says NSF’s father
Picture from Spencer’s Facebook post The father of the full-time National Serviceman (NSF) who took a video of a an abandoned dog in a military bathroom has spoken out in defence of his son. The NSF...
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Little India Riot: The police officer who braved the odds
By Terry Xu Testifying before the Committee of Inquiry (COI) for the Little India riot on Tuesday, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Jonathan Tang, was one of the first few police officers who...
View ArticleMore HDB BTOs: Too Much Of A Good Thing?
The decision to raise the release of new BTO units, at an average of more than 32,000 units per year until 2016, have some predicting a looming public housing oversupply. Should this be a cause for...
View ArticleThe Rise of Comparison Sites in Asia
The market for price comparison sites is just beginning to take shape in Asia, as compared to the UK and many parts of Europe, where such online portals have been prominent for a long time. Back in...
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Media reports on COI – which is the right thing?
By Howard Lee If you have been reading media reports on the Committee of Inquiry on the riot in Little India, you might have been a little puzzled, especially if you have read reports across different...
View ArticleNew anti-harassment law to cover both physical and online activities
The Ministry of Law announced yesterday that a new Protection from Harassment Bill will be read in Parliament on 3 March, next Monday, which aims to legislate harassment, be it in physical or online...
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Visual Respiration’s Re:play Press Release
Visual Respiration Press Release International theatre group Visual Respiration, presents Re:play, a performance inspired by Traditional Indian Games in Singapore at Goodman Arts Centre. The...
View ArticleCISCO officer: I could have made more arrests
By Terry Xu Auxiliary police officer Srisivasangkar Subramaniam, who has been working in CISCO for two years, testified at the Committee of Inquiry (COI) that his colleague, Mr Raymond Murugiasu and he...
View ArticleASP Yong: Priority was to enable rescue operation
By Terry Xu 9.40pm at Orchard NPC. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Edwin Yong Wen Wei heard police officers from Kampong Jaya NPC requesting back up for an incident along Racecourse Road. He...
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The officer who wanted to instil law and order
By Terry Xu The Committee of Inquiry (COI) listened intently to Traffic Police Officer, Fadli Shaifuddin Mohamed Sani, on how he charged at the rioters, not once but three times during the riot in...
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Rioters’ intent was not to “kill us”: police officer
By Andrew Loh When rescuers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) arrived at the scene in Little India, what they saw were an angry crowd and foreign nationals pelting the bus with whatever...
View ArticleFive-judge Court of Appeal grants stay of execution to drug trafficker
By Kirsten Han The Court of Appeal yesterday granted a stay of execution to a convicted drug trafficker after dismissing both his appeal and a criminal motion filed by his lawyers. The stay was granted...
View ArticleIncrease in S&CC charges – figures don’t add up
By Leong Sze Hian Eight town councils run by the People’s Action Party recently announced that they will be increasing their service and conservancy charges (S&CC). This will be rolled out in...
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More police resources could have prevented escalation of violence
By Terry Xu / Andrew Loh Lt Tiffany Neo of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was on her 24-hour shift at the Central Fire Station on 8 December 2013 when she was informed of the traffic...
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Politics is dirty?
By Teo Soh Lung There is a common saying that “Politics is dirty”. I didn’t know it is that dirty till I read the essays of historians, Professor Geoff Wade and Dr Thum Ping Tjin in “The 1963 Operation...
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