Provide more information on claims: Ngerng’s lawyer to Lee
M Ravi, lawyer for blogger Roy Ngerng who is being sued by Lee Hsien Loong for defamation, has asked Mr Lee’s lawyers for “further and better particulars” of the Statement
View ArticleHri Kumar’s silence sends wrong message to cyber bullies
By Andrew Loh “Singaporeans are best served by politicians who make a stand, not those who sit on fences. Because we all know what happened to Humpty Dumpty.” Those words were
View ArticleSmoke and mirrors at “An Honest Conversation”
By Kenneth Jeyaretnam TOC readers will be aware of the farce surrounding registering for and attending this event. However, having admitted Abdul Malik, who is not registered as a Bishan-Toa
View ArticleNew A*STAR-SMU centre combines high-powered computing and behavioural...
Singapore, 18 June 2014 – The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and the Singapore Management University (SMU) will establish a Centre for Technology and Social-Behavioural Insights...
View ArticleProtecting the integrity and transparency of our electoral voting system
Mr Tan Cheng Bock, former Member of Parliament and candidate in the Presidential Elections 2011 has commented that the discovery of the new boxes has pointed out a weakness in the process
View ArticleCatherine Lim ‘cannot be trusted to be consistent’: MP Puthucheary
Member of Parliament Janil Puthucheary is the latest to wade into the debate on Singaporeans’ trust in the government, sparked by author Catherine Lim’s open letter to PM Lee Hsien
View ArticleLoss of public trust – why the denial?
By Andrew Loh Author Catherine Lim, even after 20 years, is still able to ruffle a few feathers up there in the tower. The responses from the Singapore consul general
View ArticleThe haze at Ground Zero – busting the myths
By Tan Yi Han Last year in June, I visited a village called Harapan Jaya, where fire broke out and burned down newly planted rubber trees. I estimate the area
View ArticleNever book another flight on Tiger Air!
Save yourself the hassle, skip Tiger Air, choose a better airline, and enjoy your holiday peacefully. Here’s how the author found out. By Timothy Ho I’ve heard of a bad
View ArticleReligion and the Demons of Singapore Society
By Masked Crusader The Institute of Policy Studies published a working paper entitled Religiosity and the Management of Religious Harmony: Responses from the IPS Survey on Race, Religion and Language...
View ArticleSuicides in Singapore and why we should help
By Walter Jayandran Note: This article is not meant to offer medial advice. If you know of anyone who might be contemplating suicide and need assistance, please use the helplines
View ArticleNarrowing income gap – take from top and give to bottom: Goh Chok Tong
In a Facebook posting on 31 May, Emeritus Senior Minister (ESM) Goh Chok Tong said he was “delighted that NWC has recommended that workers at the bottom of the wage
View ArticleThe public service, political impartiality, and the future of the nation
By Howard Lee “Don’t we have a roof over our heads? Three meals a day? We can improve many things around here, but enough is enough? Really? Then what? Vote
View ArticleChristians join Muslims in protest against Pink Dot
In what could be a rare show of solidarity between two faiths, members of the Faith Community Baptist Church (FCBC) and the LoveSingapore network of churches have announced that they
View ArticleNgerng vs Lee – where does Civil Service stand?
In 2005, a year before the general election in May 2006, the Cabinet, through its secretary, issued a paper on a Code of Conduct for Ministers. The paper was submitted
View ArticleFood from Fukushima safe: AVA
The Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) says food products imported from Japan are safe for consumption. The AVA was replying to a question from “Lovecraft RavenEve” on its
View ArticleFault lines appearing in Singapore’s social fabric?
By Cheong Yaoming We have often been fed the perspective that free speech, and particularly the Internet, hold the capacity to drive our society asunder. Instances of hate speech online
View ArticlePolicy Exchange forum on CPF – and we need your help
“Opposition politicians who want a platform to share their ideas should organise their own forums. If their ideas are really better, people will support it. That’s how things work.” - Hri
View ArticleCatholic Church takes harder stance on LGBT “lifestyle”
In what is seen as a harder stance on the issue of homosexuality, the Catholic Church in Singapore has pronounced the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, and Transgender (LGBT) “lifestyle” as
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