The enigma of a human rights champion
By Elaine Ee Human rights lawyers in Singapore are a rare and precious breed. In a republic where political, press and civil liberties are only just starting to look up,…
View ArticleUnfortunately politicised
By Andrew Loh When the Citizens’ Consultative Committees (CCCs) were set up in the 1960s, it was with noble intentions – first “to rally support among the people for merger…
View ArticlePlay excerpt rejected for publication due to “defensiveness” after TSWL:...
By Alfian Sa’at So I sent an excerpt from my play ‘1987’ for publication for an anthology. Just the beginning 10 pages. The play deals with how a family copes with…
View ArticleDeclare members’ monthly income or no newspaper permit: Registrar to NSP
By Andrew Loh The National Solidarity Party (NSP) has appealed to the president over the refusal by the Media Development’s Authority (MDA) to renew its printing permit for its party…
View ArticleACRES founder Louis Ng to join PAP
By Howard Lee In what could be a rarity for Singapore civil society and politics, animal rights activists Louis Ng has announced that he will be entering politics, joining the…
View ArticleSeven tactics to maximize the return of your investment property
By Property Soul (This article is extracted from my book No B.S. Guide to Property Investment, a bestseller at Kinokuniya and Times bookstores.) As an investor, you have two major objectives…
View ArticleMDA banned film: Missed opportunity for the government
The first IPS-Nathan Lecture by Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings, Ho Kwon Ping took place at the National University of Singapore’s Cultural Theatre on Monday evening. In his lecture,…
View ArticleIs the government listening to ground grouses?
The first IPS-Nathan Lecture by Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings, Ho Kwon Ping took place at the National University of Singapore’s Cultural Theatre on Monday evening. In his lecture, Prof…
View ArticleHo Kwon Ping: PAP would eventually lose its dominance
Mr Ho Kwon Ping , executive chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings and an S R Nathan fellow, gave his first lecture, “Politics and governance” of the series of five organised…
View ArticleNo announcement made for SMRT EW line disruption
This morning at around 7.30 am, there were train delays along the SMRT’s East West line varying between 5 mins to 10 mins. The photographer of the above photo, took…
View ArticleSpeak Good English movement unfairly targeting Singlish?
International Baccalaureate Diploma student from Anglo-Chinese School (International), Rina Tan speaks at a TEDx talk about Singlish as the native language of Singapore, highlighting that the...
View ArticleApproval for CPF protest event cancelled due to on-going investigations
In a joint statement on Tuesday evening to the local media, The National Parks Board (NParks) and the Singapore Police Force announced that the approval for blogger Han Hui Hui…
View ArticleAlex Au vs AGC – a matter of liability or good faith?
By Howard Lee In the hearing yesterday (21 October) of Alex Au vs the Attorney General Chambers (AGC) for contempt of court, the prosecution charged that Mr Au’s blog posts…
View ArticleOf $1000 fines and incomplete forms
By Ariffin Sha It’s just a $1000 fine, why don’t AHPETC just pay it and get it over and done with? It’s just two blanks on the form, why don’t…
View ArticleWould PAP use the military in event of a “freak” election?
The first IPS-Nathan Lecture by Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings, Ho Kwon Ping took place at the National University of Singapore’s Cultural Theatre on Monday evening. In his lecture, Mr.…
View ArticleSailing team wins first Gold for Singapore at the 2nd Asian Para Games
The Team Singapore sailing team of Jovin Tan Wei Qiang, 28, and Yap Qian Yin, 24, has won the first gold medal in the Hansa303Double Handed event at the 2nd…
View ArticlePara-swimmer wins first silver for Singapore at Asian Para Games 2014
Team Singapore para-swimmer Theresa Goh won her first silver medal at the Asian Para Games 2014 in the Women’s 50m Freestyle finals, with a time of 46.80 seconds. This is…
View ArticleSDP: Why democratic freedoms are important
Local political party, Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) in their website posted an article that explains the importance of how political freedoms are, especially the freedom of expression. The party...
View ArticleCrowd poured onto mrt platform despite being overcrowded
A video taken by Joel Rasis, shows people crowding onto the MRT platform at Lakeside MRT station. People continued to pour onto the platform via the escalator despite already filled…
View ArticleSingaporeans not more open to public surveillance but less resistant to it
National University of Singapore (NUS) sociologist Daniel Goh says that he does not think that Singaporeans are more open to public surveillance compared to people in other societies around the world,…
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