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Double Standards Erode Public Trust
By: Jeraldine PhneahA few recent happenings made me feel that the government is applying double standards to civil society groups affiliated in any way with the opposition party.In my entry today I...
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Why I want Freedom of Press in Singapore
By: Jeraldine PhneahPress Freedom is limited in Singapore. We are ranked 148 this year in the annual “World Press Freedom Index 2013″ by Reporters Without Borders.Reporters San Frontieres (RSF) once...
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One Step Forward, Two Steps back
By GhuiPM Lee reiterated his commitment to improve the lives of Singaporeans when he said: “Our economy is maturing, and we are reducing the inflow of foreign workers. But we must continue to create...
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The Singapore I would like to see
By Jeraldine PhneahA reader asked me what I thought were the most critical issues Singapore is facing at the moment and what my vision for Singapore was.I personally feel that in general we are doing...
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May Day Protest at Hong Lim Park
By Terry XuFair weather graced the eager crowd who turned up for the much awaited May Day Protest event organized by Transitioning.org on 1st of May, labour day. A sequel to the first ever large-scale...
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Cherian George’s Denial of Tenure and the Implications for the Singapore Public
By Yap ShiwenThe issue of Associate Professor Cherian George's denial of tenure in Nanyang Technological University (NTU)'s Wee Kim Wee School of Communications bears consequences for both the...
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Video of speeches by Gilbert Goh and Leong Sze Hian
Video taken at the May Day Protest held on 1st of May, 2013 at Hong Lim Park[video id="4lDQrL_XkR8" type="youtube"]
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NS, Permanent Residency and Integration
By Yap ShiwenIn the past few years, the sentiment on the ground has been for a better calibration of the immigration policy, in part to solve the problem of PMET unemployment, in part to control...
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Freedom of expression, the Singapore way
By Howard LeeToday is the 20th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day, and I fear that it would go by with hardly a whimper on our national consciousness.Is my pessimism compounded by a jaded...
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Minister Khaw’s remark on pay for crane operators
By Terry XuNational Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan wrote in his blog on Thursday (link), Based on a 2012 BCA survey, the monthly gross salary (including overtime pay and allowances) of relatively...
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AIM Review Report: So everything was OK?
By Leong Sze HianI refer to the articles “AIM deal given all clear: MND review” (Today, May 3) and “MND review: No misuse or loss of public funds in AIM deal with PAP town councils” (Straits Times, May...
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Did the MND review report on AIM transaction answered questions?
By Terry XuJust on Friday, Ministry of National Development released its long awaited review report on the AIM transaction after a further extension from the previous scheduled release date 4 days ago...
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Press conference after the May Day Protest Event on 1st May 2013
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From the kampong to the Courts: M Ravi’s Kampong Boy
By Ng Yi Shu[caption id="attachment_3112" align="aligncenter" width="400"] M Ravi at the launch of his book[/caption] From the barely known unknowing drug mules to the politician to the aging author, M...
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The May Day Rally at Hong Lim and its implications on socio-politics in...
By: Ng Yi Shu It was a spectacular sight despite the cloudy weather – the placards, the Guy Fawkes masks, and the bales of white cloth with ‘Sign No to 6.9’ in English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil, even...
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Khaw warns of housing bubble bursting
By Philip Ang I refer to CNA’s article “Property prices yet to reach acceptable level: Tharman” dated 1 March....
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How many more accidents before something is done
This post was submitted via Readers’ Contribution[divide]I was appalled upon hearing a SBS transit bus being involved in yet another fatal accident (Clementi, 23rd April 2013), having knocked down and...
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Short video of “Why We Do This” at Hong Lim Park
Have you seen this video on the second protest just held on 1st may 2013 at Hong Lim Park and liked it? [video id="RXfLr5ocpUA" type="youtube"] Carl, the producer of this short video speaks to The...
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Equal Rights for Unwed Mothers
By Ghui As a Singaporean, I greeted the news that Singapore ranked 15th overall in terms of the wellbeing of mothers and children in the 14th “State of the World’s Mothers” report by Children’s aid...
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Could there have been no debate in Parliament on AIM?
By Leong Sze Hian I refer to the article “WP adjournment motion on town councils inadmissible” (Singapolitics, May 9). Adjournment motion inadmissible? It states that “Speaker of Parliament Halimah...
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