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 »
Singapore’s immigration policy and its developed status

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

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 »

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 – Ivory tower irony in last-gasp YOG pitch

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.

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 »

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 »
Reader: too much red tape in government jobs and funded courses

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)

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 »

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 »
Vui Kong’s appeal set for Jan 2011

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 »