Straits Times wants to edit out parts of Chee’s letter to Chan
On Friday, 16 January 2015, the Straits Times published a letter from the Minister of Social and Family Development (MSF), Chan Chun Sing. The letter, titled “Chee sacrifices S’pore to…
View ArticleNot entirely certain who will be S’pore’s next leader: PM Lee
In an interview with reporters recently, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was asked about his successor. Q: Is your future successor currently in the Cabinet? Because you have said you…
View ArticleBook reading for Priest in Geylang – sharing the good old memories
By Howard Lee “I would not like the book to breed a nostalgia of our past youth. That would be negative and would only breed resentment. I’d rather like the…
View ArticleM Ravi dissociate himself from statement about prosecution by Singapore...
Human rights lawyer, Mr M Ravi issues a press release through his trainee lawyer to dissociate himself from a statement written by Han Hui Hui, Roy Ngerng, Martyn See, filmmaker, Alan…
View ArticleWeapon of the powerful?
By Hong Lysa Wondering about The Response to Poh Soo Kai, “Singapore’s ‘Battle for Merger’ revisited: the poverty of its history” Battle royal The Battle over Operation Coldstore—between the PAP…
View ArticlePitfalls of absolute power too great to risk
By Ghui Transparency is of utmost importance in building a system whereby the ruled are not oppressed or browbeaten by their rulers. Transparency can be fostered in a number of…
View ArticlePublic consumption of liquor to be restricted
If the new Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Bill is passed in Parliament, you will need a “liquor consumption permit” if you want to consume liquor at a BBQ pit…
View ArticleActivist and opposition party member files police report for harassment
Osman Sulaiman, activist and member of opposition party, National Solidarity Party has shared online, a police report which he made about him being tracked by suspicious individuals. In his note,…
View ArticleDon’t offer foreign workers as scapegoats for our income disparity problems
By Irene Choo TODAY’s headline “Foreign worker curbs to reduce income disparity” is not only misleading, it severely under-estimates the intricacy and scope of widening income gap between the rich…
View ArticleBusker at woodlands MRT purportedly harassed by SMRT staff
Yesterday, TOC shared on our facebook about a post by Ms Zarina Jaffar on Mr Suhaime Roa, visually handicap busker and is a father of 4 children. She wrote that…
View ArticleFull benefits of Medishield Life? Surrender personal information first
The new MediShield Life Scheme Bill tabled in Parliament yesterday, 19 January seeks to grant wide-ranging powers to the administrator of the scheme to access the income and health status of…
View ArticleNew Govt powers – access to personal income status without consent
Under new legislations for the implementation of the Medishield Life scheme, which will kick in later this year, the Government will have access to the personal income and health status…
View ArticleDoes proposed alcohol ban have genuine public support?
By Ariffin Sha There shall be no alcohol in public places from 10.30pm to 7.00am everyday. Yes, none at all. Even if you’re having a BBQ by the beach, you…
View ArticleBad memories (from Priest in Geylang)
By Bertha Henson A couple of weeks ago, my publisher asked if he could play an excerpt from a video made during the launch of my book, Troublemaker. He was…
View ArticleNotable Singaporeans who doubt the truth of the “Marxist conspiracy”
Bertha Henson is latest to join the list of notable Singaporeans who have cast doubts on the 1987 arrests of 22 social workers whom the Government described as “Marxist conspirators”.…
View ArticleMindef responds to allegations over patent rights
The Ministry of Defence has responded to allegations that it had infringed patent rights of the Station With Immediate First-Aid Treatment (SWIFT) vehicle. Mindef’s statement, which was posted on its...
View ArticleTimeline: Case between MobileStats and MINDEF
In TOC’s report on 15 January, we shared Dr Ting Choon Meng’s story about how he had to withdraw his patent infringement case against the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) due…
View ArticleNew rules for big dorms but MPs concerned about smaller ones
While the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) was focused on legislations to regulate foreign workers dormitories which have 1,000 or more workers, Members of Parliament (MPs) were more concerned about the…
View ArticleThat alcohol ban poll – can I even say “No”?
When the Ministry of Home Affairs tabled a bill to impose an island-wide ban on the consumption of alcohol in public places after 10.30pm, it cited a “consultation exercise” it…
View Article1500 foreign sex-workers operating in HDB heartlands
By TR Emeritus A website claiming to be “Lion City’s No. 1 Beauties”, has a database of more than 1500 ‘pretty women’. It is actually a cover for prostitution, with…
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