That YP video – missing the serious for the laughs
By Howard Lee Insipid, boring, scripted, stone-faced, wooden, emotionless, uninspiring, reading from a script, forced to do it, bad acting, are they even acting – those were some of the
View ArticleSpot an attractive person on the train?
By Tiffany Gwee Have you ever seen someone that caught your eye on the train on the way back from work and wanted to share his picture with everyone else
View ArticleNewsbites – NDP2014 for Singaporeans, Yale-NUS launches NGO bootcamp, and...
NDP2014 to focus on Singaporeans This year’s national Day Parade will centre on getting Singaporeans actively involved in the celebrations. Themed “Our People, Our Home”, NDP2014 will include run-up...
View ArticleST report on Bukit Brown “concessions” erroneous: SHS
The following is from the Singapore Heritage Society’s Facebook page: On 12 May 2014, Straits Times Assistant Political Editor Leonard Lim wrote that civil society groups “extracted concessions on Bukit
View ArticleASEAN Youth at the ASEAN Summit 2014: Representing All Voices and Claiming...
11 May 2014 served as a historical and monumental day for ASEAN Youth. Despite challenges in terms of time, space and genuine representation, we, the young people, asserted our right
View ArticleDid PAP film screening contravene Section 14 of Films Act?
“MDA received this Young PAP film for classification earlier this year,” the Straits Times reported a Media Development Authority (MDA) spokesperson as having said. The MDA had also decided that
View ArticleStatement by civil society over concern of treatment rendered towards teenagers
Members of the civil society in Singapore have issued a joint statement to raise concerns to the members of the Singapore Parliament regarding the treatment rendered by the press and the
View ArticleSingapore Flyer’s uncertain future ahead
By Yasmeen Banu It was an event of merriment and joy as the symbolic beat of the drum sparked a dazzling laser and fireworks display across Marina Bay. It marked
View ArticleBurning of S’pore flag “a serious incident”: MFA
Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has confirmed that a Singapore flag was burnt in the anti-China protests in Vietnam on Tuesday. The incident is reported to have taken place
View ArticleRole of opposition: More than just an alternative party
By Ghui After years of staid Parliamentary sessions, things have finally livened up. Hot button issues such as immigration, the over stretched transportation services and various scandals related to...
View Article“Affordable” healthcare all depends on your luck
By SY Lee and Leong Sze Hian We refer to the article “Musculoskeletal patients face highest risk of large hospital bills: Study” (Today, May 13). Luck and the type of illness?
View ArticleM’sian PM threatens to sue website over readers’ comments
Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak, has threatened to sue online news portal Malaysiakini for readers’ comments posted on the site “concerning his handling of the political crisis in Terengganu which
View ArticleMoments of intense introspection during political journey: Sylvia Lim
Workers’ Party MP, Sylvia Lim, shares her thoughts in her faith and on life at a dinner talk organised by CANA The Catholic Centre which took place on 24 April.
View ArticleThe President’s speech of motherhood statements
By Masked Crusader President Tony Tan Keng Yam opened the second session of the 12th Parliament on 16 May with an incredibly insipid and hollow speech full of motherhood statements which
View ArticleInternational Relations – Lessons Learnt From the Past
By Benjamin Mok In 1509, the Venetian Republic found itself under partial occupation, having suffered a disastrous defeat at the hands of France and the Holy Roman Empire. Yet, through the
View ArticleS’pore airforce pilots use SINGLISH to outsmart US pilots
Hi , I refer to the article: “WHY SINGLISH HAS TO BE DISCOURAGED” Being in the Singapore Airforce for many years already. I would like to share with your readers
View Article118% increase in Minimum Sum over 13 years
By SY Lee and Leong Sze Hian We refer to the article ”Singapore Parliament reopens: CPF schemes for retirement to be improved, says President Tony Tan” (Straits Times, May 17). CPF
View ArticleWrong picture in ST could fan anti-Vietnamese sentiments, heighten tensions:...
A picture published in national broadsheet The Straits Times on 16 May about the protest in the Vietnamese-Singapore Industrial Parks, located in Vietnam, came under fire as readers charged that
View ArticleSPP: Empathy in a competitive global environment
Singapore People’s Party’s response to the President’s Address, 16 May 2014 Last night, President Tony Tan delivered his address in opening the second session of the current Parliament. We agree
View ArticleLocal artist attacked in Hongkong, perpetrator still unknown
By Terry Xu Singapore Artist and Cultural Medallion recipient, Lee Wen attacked in Hongkong and now seeking medical attention. According to the person who posted this photo that shows the
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