Making a mockery of the Prime Minister
By Andrew Loh Allow me to disabuse you from thinking that this article is about how blogger Roy Ngerng or the support he has received is making a mockery of
View ArticleFIRST STAGE! – Audition Notice
W!LD RICE’s traditional year-end pantomime has become the much sought after training platform for young talents. This year, the theater company is staging Monkey Goes West, a cheeky and affectionate...
View ArticlePoliticising of welfare in Singapore
By SY Lee and Leong Sze Hian We refer to the articles “New fund to help needy buy milk for young children” and “WP sets up fund for social causes” (Straits
View ArticleIn Memory of Dr Lim Hock Siew
By Teo Soh Lung / Image from screen-grab of banned video featuring Dr Lim Hock Siew, produced by Martyn See “I am not interested in saving Lee Kuan Yew’s face.
View ArticleThe Online Citizen to be owned by The Opinion Collaborative Ltd
Media Release With immediate effect, The Online Citizen (TOC), which consists of the domain name www.theonlinecitizen.com, will be managed by The Opinion Collaborative Ltd (TOC Ltd), a social...
View ArticleHow does Temasek know it does not handle CPF funds?
By SY Lee and Leong Sze Hian We refer to Temasek’s letter “Temasek doesn’t invest or manage CPF savings” (Straits Times Forum Jun 4) to Straits Times’s article ““Ways to
View ArticleAvant Theatre presents “Akka” &“Akka – The End”, a story focusing on Indian...
This July, Avant Theatre is proud to present the re-staging of the 1991 smash hit, “AKKA”, and it’s much awaited sequel, “AKKA – The End” as a double bill production
View ArticleCaring for elders and inspiring the young
Speech by Tin Pei Ling, Member of Parliament in the Marine Parade GRC for the debate on President’s Address 2014 Mdm Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to speak on this
View ArticleMan fined $8k for defacing Istana website
Image from Channel News Asia Entrepreneur and IT consultant Delson Moo, 43, was fined S$8,000 today in court after pleading guilty to one charge of unauthorised access to the server hosting
View ArticleSee you in court, Mr Prime Minister
Extracts from Malaysiakini: “See you in court, Mr Prime Minister” Despite being invited to provide his version and to counter the allegations, the prime minister, who has never questioned the
View ArticleSelective truths, and a promise of more regulation?
By Gordon Lee and Howard Lee On Tuesday, 3 June, Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim shared on his Facebook page a Financial Times article about a ruling by
View ArticleTemasek’s letter doesn’t answer why CPF MS is being raised
By Kenneth Jeyaretnam In an extraordinary turn of events the State Times published a letter in its Forum page yesterday from Temasek Holdings. It seems that last Saturday ST published an
View ArticleArt exhibition to explore, express and celebrate the art of an ASEAN sex worker
Yet Still We Dance! Sex Workers of ASEAN Art Exhibition is an exhibition that explores, expresses and celebrates the art of being a sex worker in ASEAN. The exhibition is part
View ArticleOnline engagement and legal action – where do we draw the lines?
By Ghui and Howard Lee When Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made a Facebook post dated 3 June discussing the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on “Delfi
View ArticleThe “inside story” behind the “CPF” protest on 7 June at Speakers’ Corner
By Leong Sze Hian / Image – publicity image of the Protest event When Han Hui Hui and Roy Ngerng first announced in May that they would be organizing a “CPF”
View ArticleMediShield Life: Premiums up 100% after transitional subsidies?
By SY Lee and Leong Sze Hian / Image from Ministry of Health MediShield Life – everything also increase? We refer to the article “Enhanced benefits proposed for MediShield Life”
View Article“Competition Commission Singapore, are you doing your job?”
Competition Commission Singapore, I refer to the article, “Cinemas raise prices for weekend screenings” (MyPaper, 6 June 2014). All four cinema chains have raised their ticket prices in unison. Although
View Article#ReturnOurCPF @ Hong Lim Park – An added significance
Singapore’s Speakers’ Corner has seen some momentous events being held – public transport fares protest, a gathering of a thousand minibonds investors who lost their investments in the toxic financial
View ArticleCatherine Lim to PM Lee – an unprecedented crisis of trust
Author Catherine Lim writes an open letter to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong about the lack of trust which Singaporeans have in him. Dear Mr Prime Minister We are in
View ArticleGovernment should shoulder a higher proportion of healthcare costs: WP
The Workers’ party has issued a statement to “welcome the MediShield Life Review Committee’s recommendations on MediShield Life.” However, the party also indicated a need for the government to...
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