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COI Week 1 – The hearings so far
By Andrew Loh After the first week of the Community of Inquiry (COI) hearings into the Little India riot, several main points seem to have emerged. Before we get into that, however, it is prudent to...
View ArticleDebunking Popular Myths On Minimum Wages
By Timothy Ho Last year, we wrote an article expressing our views on why we do not think having a minimum wage policy will be bad for Singapore. Since then, we have received some comments on our...
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COI to police: “A lot of things were wrong”
By Andrew Loh / Terry Xu Committee of Inquiry (COI) chairman, former judge GP Selvam “What has happened is not acceptable,” Committee of Inquiry (COI) chairman, former judge GP Selvam, told Deputy...
View Article“Total Defence and implications of divided loyalty of new citizens” – case of...
By Nilesh Sahita The article at TOC re: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of India by Mr Ravi Philemon (“Total Defence and Implications of divided loyalty of new citizens”, dated Feb 16, 2014 – referred to as “Mr...
View ArticlePreliminary analysis of Budget 2014
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Tharman Shanmugaratnam made the Budget Speech 2014 in Parliament lat Friday, which was broadcast live. The summary of the Budget statement that has been...
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Mapping Our Home, Mapping The House
This post first appeared on Mapped Musing and the map described available here. We thank the author for allowing us to re-publish it. Pulau Ujong. A name of utter unfamiliarity which would only make...
View ArticleMFA 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 ArticleSingapore politics for Singaporeans, and no double standards
By Ravi Philemon I refer to the letter from Nilesh Sahita in response to my earlier article, “Total Defence and implications of divided loyalty of new citizens”. This response to my article claims that...
View ArticleOur friend has died, life has no value – rioters
By Terry Xu Senior Staff Sergeant (SSSgt) Mydeen Sahul Hameed has spent 10 years in the Singapore Police Force, and is stationed at the Kampong Java Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC). He is also...
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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GES 2013: 100% employment for law graduates, less than 60% for some
By Singapore Rat Race Graduate Employment Survey (GES) results were released by MOE on Friday (28 Feb). This annual survey is jointly conducted by Nanyang Technological University (NTU), National...
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