Is he addressing the issue – 12 years on?
12 COMMENTS - 1,305 views | In his National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attempted to address Singaporeans’ concerns over the large influx of foreigners, both as workers and as new citizens and permanent residents (PRs). The Prime Minister said he understood these sentiments which are, he said “legitimate concerns”. He said the government took these concerns “seriously”. Nonetheless, he admitted...Read more »MAIN STORIES
Singapore’s immigration policy and its developed status | 22 COMMENTS - 1,994 views
Amendments to the CPF Act – did you know? | 29 COMMENTS - 2,795 views
Getting feedback after sex (Part 2) | 0 COMMENT - 749 views
Nazri Aziz’s remarks – a significant step? | 19 COMMENTS - 3,247 views
New citizen issue – poor grasp, useless ideas? | 66 COMMENTS - 5,273 views
The PAP and the Malay Singaporean: Between rhetoric, reality and meritocracy | 59 COMMENTS - 5,034 views
From the Political Desk
Vui Kong’s appeal set for Jan 2011
Aug. 31 | 20 COMMENTS - 2,470 views | January 2011 – that’s the date the Registrar of the Supreme Court has set for the Court of Appeal to hear Yong Vui Kong’s appeal against the High... Read more »- The PAP and the Malay Singaporean: Between rhetoric, reality and meritocracy | 59 COMMENTS - 5,034 views
- A public relations exercise, RP says of PM’s rally speech | 87 COMMENTS - 4,012 views
- Abolish death penalty: M’sian Law minister | 15 COMMENTS - 2,121 views
- Vivian Balakrishnan vs Ngiam Tong Dow | 34 COMMENTS - 4,163 views
Singapore’s immigration policy and its developed status
Sep. 2 | 22 COMMENTS - 1,994 views | By Chua Suntong From 1971 to 1984, the Singapore economy grew steadily. The ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) regime began to set long-term targets for Singapore to become... Read more »Uniquely Singapore
Arrested and handcuffed for a S$30 offence
Aug. 2 | 99 COMMENTS - 9,749 views | Leong Sze Hian – John (not his real name) is a Singaporean who has been working and living overseas with his family for a few years. He received a call last Thursday from the... Read more »Medisave – pay up or be charged?
Jul. 28 | 93 COMMENTS - 6,797 views | Leong Sze Hian – Several Singaporeans living overseas and in Singapore have contacted The Online Citizen to tell us that they have received letters from... Read more »- How many companies re-employ older workers? | 47 COMMENTS - 4,121 views
- YOG budget over-run, Comcare budget under-run? | 58 COMMENTS - 7,065 views
- Taken for a ride | 49 COMMENTS - 5,480 views
- Even GLCs are cutting older workers’ pay? | 31 COMMENTS - 4,297 views
Press Muse
Press Muse – Oh what a tangled Web
Jul. 23 | 12 COMMENTS - 2,575 views | Spiegel - Eons ago, an Invisible Magic Friend raised some luscious, fertile trees yet thought it inappropriate to share their goodness. So he told his... Read more »- Press Muse – A tall tale on objectivity | 2 COMMENTS - 2,427 views
- Press Muse – Calling STOMP’s bluff | 37 COMMENTS - 6,575 views
- Press Muse – Singaporeans dreaming | 28 COMMENTS - 5,890 views
- Press Muse – Love thyself, ignore thy neighbour | 9 COMMENTS - 2,767 views
Press Muse – Ivory tower irony in last-gasp YOG pitch
Jul. 27 | 91 COMMENTS - 6,855 views | Spiegel - The Straits Times yesterday (26 July) ran a curious little piece on its review pages. Tucked into a bottom left, quarter-page slot, an NUS academic asked in an op-ed,... Read more »Eros Coaching... with Dr Martha Lee
Don’t try. Be.
Aug. 23 | 2 COMMENTS - 2,388 views | Dr Martha Lee – When I was in my third semester studying for my Doctorate in Human Sexuality, I went to the Florida Sex Therapy Institute to complete a Certificate in Sex Therapy.... Read more »Getting feedback after sex (Part 1 of 2)
Aug. 15 | 5 COMMENTS - 2,233 views | Dr Martha Lee In previous pieces*, I have covered how sex is not a one-way experience (in ‘Don’t Lie Back and Think of England’), as well as how... Read more »- Smile – you’re a woman | 9 COMMENTS - 2,173 views
- Better, betterer, betterest in sex | 5 COMMENTS - 1,934 views
- What’s wrong with sex? | 3 COMMENTS - 2,461 views
- Primal sex for Cameron Diaz | 2 COMMENTS - 2,980 views
Gilbert's Listening Ear
Prolonged Jobless Graduate Lowering Her Expectations to No Avail
Aug. 4 | 41 COMMENTS - 4,126 views | Hi Gilbert , I have been jobless for more than half a year and finding it difficult to get back to the workforce. One of the problems I am having is... Read more »- Local graduate pessimistic about her future | 74 COMMENTS - 7,105 views
- Reader distressed over unpaid hospitalisation bills | 50 COMMENTS - 4,090 views
- PMET but unable to find a job | 45 COMMENTS - 4,348 views
- Jobless female almost had electricity supply cut off | 26 COMMENTS - 3,448 views
Reader: too much red tape in government jobs and funded courses
Aug. 14 | 17 COMMENTS - 3,371 views| Dear Gilbert, Like many other unemployed Singaporeans, I’ve been looking for jobs in vain for the past five months after been asked to go from my last employer due to... Read more »TOC Lite
The Dunno Cartoons (Updated 16/08)
Aug. 16 | 30 COMMENTS - 13,375 views| This thread is called “The Dunno Cartoons” because sometimes we don’t know what the government is doing. All cartoons by Joshua Chiang ————— ... Read more »Self before service
Jul. 30 | 16 COMMENTS - 3,031 views | Richard Seah For want of 10 cents, I once nearly made a mess of myself. It could have been worse. I could have made a mess of the place I was at – the... Read more »- High COV? Fight it out, says Mah | 40 COMMENTS - 3,541 views
- Helping the needy – Mr Koh replies | 33 COMMENTS - 3,000 views
- Civic Life project announces short-film competition | 4 COMMENTS - 1,454 views
- S’pore pavilion – long wait not worth it | 7 COMMENTS - 3,369 views
Happenings
CausewayEXchange
Aug. 29 | 0 COMMENT - 751 views | Ho Rui An Singapore and Malaysia are set to forge closer neighbourly ties through the bridge of theatre, film and visual arts at the inaugural CausewayEXchange,... Read more »- The return of Singapore Migration Film Festival | 2 COMMENTS - 2,059 views
- W!LD RICE’s Boeing Boeing: A Jolly Ride | 6 COMMENTS - 3,627 views
- Join SADPC & TOC at Speakers’ Corner this Sunday | 31 COMMENTS - 5,260 views
- Arts Engage – taking aim at censorship | 6 COMMENTS - 1,758 views
Vui Kong’s appeal set for Jan 2011
Aug. 31 | 20 COMMENTS - 2,470 views | January 2011 – that’s the date the Registrar of the Supreme Court has set for the Court of Appeal to hear Yong Vui Kong’s appeal against the High Court’s decision on his... Read more »Elsewhere on the Net
Singaporeans’ national duty: buy women from abroad
Jul. 30 | 90 COMMENTS | The Sunday Times knows him well. Virtually annually, they run a feature...
Illegal hawker? My story (by Goh Meng Seng)
Jul. 18 | 24 COMMENTS | From Goh Meng Seng’s blog, Singapore Alternatives: There is nothing...
The PAP’s obsession with GDP growth (By Gerald Giam)
Jul. 16 | 31 COMMENTS | From Gerald Giam’s blog: After a drop of just 4,200 foreigner numbers...
Why censorship is evil (by Siew Kum Hong)
Jul. 13 | 15 COMMENTS | From Siew Kum Hong’s blog: Excerpts: The point here is that this...
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