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Launch of Noise Singapore 2012
Feb. 3 | Noise Singapore 2012 Festival Showcase begins 16 Feb to 4 Mar 2012 with 3 showcases at 3 different locations throughout Singapore. Below are the listings to the 3 events. All admissions to the events are FREE so do come visit the showcases with your...
Start Now – Rethinking Volunteerism
Jan. 28 | the following is a media release from Start Now's upcoming event 'Rethinking Volunteerism': – Discontent with the state of active volunteering in Singapore, two youths launched an initiative to ‘Rethink Volunteerism’....
PAID EVENT ADVERTISEMENT: ‘Key To Successful Stock Trading’ a free seminar
Jan. 19 | the following is a paid event advertisement: – Event Registration Link: http://stocktradingseminar.eventbrite.com/ Most investors lose money in the market for the basic reason that most investors lack a trading plan. Without a plan, it is just...
There Can Only Be Wan (Tan)
Aug. 25 | If you’re old enough to vote, you should be old enough to remember The Highlander! To celebrate an election that is likely to be immortalized in the history books, TOC is organizing a small fundraising get-together for friends and fans of TOC....
Yong Vui Kong Petitions President S R Nathan for clemency
Jul. 8 | by: Kirsten Han additional reporting by: Azhar Jalil/ Lawyers representing convicted drug trafficker Yong Vui Kong have filed a petition for a presidential pardon yesterday evening, after their client’s final legal appeal was dismissed. The 46-point...
Germany and Singapore embark on Human Rights Logo Initiative
Jun. 27 | Deborah Choo/ In an unprecendented effort to form and crystalize a unified symbol for human rights, Germany has launched a world wide competition on 3 May in Berlin. The competition is running from now until 31 July, after which the contest enters...
ACRES needs your help to “Save the World’s Saddest Dolphins”
May. 27 | Howard Lee / At the turn of this year, I interviewed Louis Ng, the Executive Director of the Animals Concerns and Research & Education Society (ACRES), and one of the questions was what ACRES plan to do for the coming year. Ng affirmed ACRES’s...
WP Sylvia Lim leaves Temasek Polytechnic
May. 14 | RESIGNATION FROM TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC credit: Han Thon This is to confirm that I have, on 13 May 2011, tendered my resignation from my position at Temasek Polytechnic, after more than twelve years of service. The move is prompted by what I anticipate...
Letters from Vui Kong – The First Letter: Prison Life
May. 13 | Yong Vui Kong is a death row inmate in Singapore. He was arrested at age 19 with 47.27g of heroin, convicted of trafficking and sentenced under the Mandatory Death Penalty. His final appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on 4 April 2011. He can...
NGOs form a coalition against the death penalty in Malaysia
May. 13 | Kirsten Han / Six NGOs, together with the cooperation of the Malaysian Bar Council and certain Members of the Malaysian Parliament, have come together to make a stand on the use of the death penalty in Malaysia. A forum held in Kuala Lumpur on 11 May...
Some changes at TOC
Apr. 11 | Dear Readers, TOC has grown more robustly than we imagined just a few months ago. Our site readership has almost tripled in recent months, and we have a new general election site to manage in addition to the booming readership on our main site. Our team...
Question Time with the Prime Minister
Apr. 9 | The following article was first published on Ravi Philemon’s blog. Ravi Philemon/ I sent in this question toChannel NewsAsia for their ‘Question Time’ programme where the Prime Minister of SIngapore has promised to answer the questions...
The coming S$270 billion bailout
Apr. 8 | The following is an excerpt from Yawning Bread Alex Au/ Public housing in Singapore is also governed by its own kind of “COE”, though we call them title deeds. They have a life of 99 years. The oldest flats, built in the 1960s, are now approaching...
Reform Party unveils new youth leadership and logo
Apr. 8 | The Reform Party takes great pleasure in unveiling the new leadership of its Youth Wing, The Young Reformers. Mr. Gerald Yong and Mr. Lim Zi Rui have taken up appointments as co –heads of The Young Reformers with Ms Vignes Ramachandran taking up...
NSP Tony Tan questions financial prudence and MOM’s ergonomic designer chairs
Apr. 6 | This letter is sent to us by National Solidarity Party’s Mr Tony Tan. I refer to the news report on 25 Mar 2011 “MOM to get ergonomic chairs”. photo credit: ST “The ministry is buying 472 Herman Miller chairs (photo), each priced at $575,...
Joint Statement by Think Centre and Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign on Yong Vui Kong’s appeal verdict
Apr. 5 | The Think Centre and the Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign find the verdict announced by Singapore’s Court of Appeal highly disappointing. We also find it daunting that the President of Singapore has no apparent right to decide against the...
Court of Appeal: Yong Vui Kong’s case has no merit
Apr. 4 | Kirsten Han / The Court of Appeal, made up of Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong and Judges VK Rajah and Andrew Phang, have unanimously dismissed Yong Vui Kong’s appeal. Yong was appealing for a judicial review of the President’s powers in the clemency...
BREAKING NEWS: Court dismisses Yong Vui Kong’s appeal
Apr. 4 | BREAKING NEWS: Malaysian Yong Vui Kong In an unanimous verdict, Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong, Justice V K Rajah and Justice Andrew Phang dismissed Yong Vui Kong’s appeal, affirmed Steven Chong’s decision that the President has no discretion...
Save Atiqah – Second Chances Flea Market
Apr. 4 | The following was first posted at We Believe in Second Chances. In March 2011, Atiqah was sentenced to death by Shah Alam’s High Court. You can read her story here. Atiqah’s family believe that she is innocent, and are now campaigning to...
Would you pay a life?
Mar. 4 | This was first posted on The OH! Campaign. The OH! Campaign is dedicated to increasing awareness about the suffering of the Burmese people, especially in the face of huge business projects backed by international investors. Singapore has been identified...
Growth Dividends for poor – Enough or not enough?
Mar. 3 | “Show me any family still receiving less than necessary to cope.” Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, defending the amount received by a low-income household from this year’s Budget as being enough to help cope with inflation Levy...
Room for fresh ideas on income gap
Feb. 28 | The following is an excerpt of an article published on February 28, 2011 at TODAY online. by Siew Kum Hong As I thought about last week’s Budget statement, a quote by Albert Einstein kept playing in my head. The pre-eminent genius of the 20th...
The PAP’s flawed immigration, foreign talent and foreign worker policies
Feb. 28 | By Ng E-Jay The PAP Government has acknowledged that there is a need to slow down the rate of import of foreigners and concentrate on boosting productivity, but deep flaws remain in its labour and immigration policies. Budget 2011 does not address these...
TOC – selective censorship?
Feb. 27 | A recent article on Temasek Review has raised the issue of TOC’s moderation policy again. Titled ‘TOC: The overkill censor‘ the article’s main contention was that TOC practices selective censorship especially with regards to ‘Western...
GE 2011: Singapore political parties’ positions on LGBT concerns
Feb. 27 | from People Like Us With a general election expected in the 2nd or 3rd quarter of 2011, seven members of the LGBT community in Singapore sent a joint letter to six political parties requesting a clarification of their position on selected issues of interest...
Breaking news: Former ISA detainee Teo Soh Lung quits RP
Feb. 27 | The Online Citizen learnt today that former ISA(Internal Security Act) detainee Teo Soh Lung had resigned from the Reform Party. Ms Teo, who joined last December, was believed to have left shortly after Tan Tee Seng, another former ISA detainee and...
Could ASEAN Drift Apart?
Feb. 27 | The following is an excerpt of an article published on February 25, 2011 on Yale Global online. Bridgehead: China's expanding influence in Southeast Asia with construction in Cambodia (top); Wu Bangguo (left), chairman of China’s National People’s...
Win TIONG BAHRU on DVD!
Feb. 13 | TIONG BAHRU, the short film shot in the famous hawker centre and starring a cast of 150 volunteers from the area, is being released on DVD soon and the producers have graciously offered 10 copies to be given away to TOC readers! Filmed last year by ...
Socialist front press conference on 4th Dec 2010
Dec. 3 | Press Notice Invitation to Socialist Front’s First Public Forum The Socialist Front will hold its first public forum on the topic of the “Rule of Law, what is your role?” Date: Saturday 4th December, 2010 Time: 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Location: Post-Museum,...
UPR: What’s Next for Singapore NGOs
Dec. 2 | Several Singapore non-governmental organisations (NGOs) submitted either individual or joint reports towards the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in early November 2010. This public forum hosted by Singaporeans For Democracy (SFD) brings together some...
Men, time to oppose violence against women – AWARE
Dec. 2 | Men, Join the Movement, take the Pledge: “Because I Love Her, I pledge to never condone violence against women.” In The Because I Love Her Project, guys make their personal commitment to create a safer society for all women by making the above pledge...
Singaporeans For Democracy Election Consultation
Sep. 29 | Do you want to see improvements to Singapore’s electoral system so that its free and fair and the results better reflects your vote? If you do, join this public consultation organised by Singaporeans For Democracy (SFD) and share your views. Presently,...
Ex-detainee Vincent Cheng barred from speaking in history seminar
May. 28 | Former detainee Vincent Cheng has been prohibited from speaking at the NUS History Seminar to be held on June 4th at the National Library. The organiser NUS History Society has apologised to Mr Cheng and offered to read his speech at the event. Over the...
“Marxist conspirator” Vincent Cheng to speak
May. 27 | UPDATE (27 May 2010 @4.35pm): “We have been told by the National Library Board that the event has now been put on hold. All registered participants will receive an email by tonight.” - Bernard Chen, President, NUS History Society _________________________________________________________ Vincent...
Pink Dot 2010 – this Saturday, 15 May
May. 10 | Following its strong showing last year when 2,500 people turned up at Speakers’ Corner at Hong Lim Park, Pink Dot Sg has planned another event this year at the same location on 15th May 2010. Singaporeans are thus invited to come together in a show...
Civic Life: Operation Tiong Bahru
May. 2 | - By Ho Rui An - In March, Work-Life: The Making of Community, organised by the Theatre Training and Research Programme (TTRP), the British Council, and the National Museum of Singapore asked the question of what makes community and if art can bring...
Director Ivan Heng of W!ld Rice on his Animal Farm
Apr. 24 | The highly anticipated revival of W!LD RICE’s Animal Farm opened this week. The play, based on the classic tale by George Orwell, opened to rave reviews back in 2002 and this revival has played to full houses and standing ovations at the 38th Hong...
Former RP chairman to give press conference at speaker’s corner
Apr. 9 | Mr Ng Teck Siong, former chairman of the Reform Party, will be giving a press conference at speaker’s corner on Saturday (10 April) at 5pm. He has informed TOC’s Political Desk that the purpose of the press conference is to provide a rebuttal...
Duo to longboard 108km around Singapore
Apr. 2 | Two Nanyang Technological University (NTU) undergraduates, Nurul Dini and Jon Jon, will attempt to cover an estimated 108km around Singapore on their longboards (an adaptation of the skateboard) on Saturday, 3rd April 2010. The colossal effort has been...
MARUAH Pillar Talk – Human Rights in Singapore History: Questions, Assertions or Parenthesis?
Mar. 23 | MARUAH is launching the first of its quarterly Pillar Talk Series on Human Rights titled “Human Rights in Singapore History: Questions, Assertions or Parenthesis?“. The talk will feature Professor Loh Kah Seng who is a Singapore Historian,...
d.shop: design thinking + social innovation workshop
Mar. 10 | Please visit www.syinc.org/dshop for more info What is Design Thinking? Design Thinking asks the fundamental questions to the problem, to devise solutions that aren’t just related to a symptom of the problem (e.g. high dropout rates), but which target...
Documentary film screening at NUS by Kampung Halaman
Mar. 6 | Kampung Halaman of Indonesia, a non-profit organization to support the increase of youth’s role in community transition through educational programmes using community-based media, involved Bound of Kepulauan Riau-Yogyakarta Students – Ikatan Pelajar...
WeSearch! Seminar 2010 – “Social Action Across Divides”
Feb. 27 | Interested to find out about community research needs on the ground? Interested to conduct meaningful research while in university? Interested to conduct ground-breaking social research directly with local civil society groups?
Work-Life: The Making Of Community Forum
Feb. 27 | What makes a community? How can community celebrations help to celebrate identity and difference? Can art bring communities together? And how do artists work with communities to empower them to make their voices heard? All of these questions and more...
‘Tiger Show’ by Cat Welfare Society!
Feb. 17 | The Cat Welfare Society will be hosting a week-long event from 21 – 28 February 2010 provocatively titled ‘Tiger Show’. The event, held in conjunction with the birth of the Year of the Tiger, welcomes the lunar new year in celebration...
