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RP’s Response to Setting Up of Committee to Review Ministerial Pay
May. 23 | PRESS RELEASE 22/05/2011 The Reform Party’s Response to Setting Up of Committee to Review Ministerial Pay The Reform Party notes the news that the PM has set up a committee to review Ministerial salaries, to be headed by the chairman of the National...
PM Lee pledges a just and fair society
May. 21 | SPEECH BY PRIME MINISTER LEE HSIEN LOONG AT THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY HELD IN THE STATE ROOM, ISTANA ON 21 MAY 2011 Mr President Ministers and Members of Parliament Fellow Singaporeans 1. We have just gone through a watershed general election. Almost...
CAPITAL – 21 May
May. 18 | In this exhibition entitled, ‘CAPITAL’, artists Seelan Palay and Shikin Ali apply a new visual ensemble to explore ideas of crime and punishment, social and political constructs, and humanitarian values that hang in the balance. Click...
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...
MARUAH & TOC present: Post-Elections public forum
May. 13 | The recent Singapore General Elections 2011 was electrifying. Emotions ran high and change was in the air. The dissection has begun. MARUAH & TOC would like to share perspectives and some analysis on GE2011. We will share the work that we did on the...
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...
Just a little announcement about our GE T-shirts…
May. 12 | Dear readers, to meet the demand for our GE-tshirts during the General Elections, the hardworking people at The Tee Folk have been slogging night and day to make sure you get your shirt within two days of ordering. Now that the GE is over, we will continue...
Achtung!!!! A TOC app for iPhone!!!
Apr. 29 | To bring you the latest GE news where-ever you are, we’ve developed an iPhone app for you to download.. free!!!! Click here to download!
Videos – speeches from the rallies
Apr. 29 | The first day of the General Election proper saw the various political parties take to the stage at rallies across Singapore. Visit TOC Facebook page for discussions and updates on the election. Here are some videos of speeches at the various rallies...
Rally Schedule for Friday, 29th April 2011
Apr. 29 | People’s Action Party Ang Mo Kio GRC Yio Chu Kang Stadium, 210 Ang Mo Kio Ave 9 7pm Moulmein-Kallang GRC Open field by Kallang Ave 7pm Pioneer SMC Jurong West Stadium, 20 Jurong West St 93 7pm Worker’s Party Aljunied...
28th April Rally Schedule
Apr. 28 | People’s Action Party Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Open field bounded by Sengkang Central, Sengkang East Road , Sengkang East Ave and Buangkok Drive , beside Buangkok MRT Station 7pm Worker’s Party Hougang SMC Open Field infront of Blk 837 bounded...
A note to our readers
Apr. 28 | Dear readers, The General Elections is finally underway. Here at The Online Citizen, we are committed to bringing you the latest updates and exclusives on the election hustings. However, you may have noticed that the website has become a little bit slower...
5 sites for TOC GE news
Apr. 26 | Hi everyone, So, the big day is tomorrow – NOMINATION DAY. As we have been experiencing very high traffic the past week especially, we will provide updates, reports and articles on four sites: http://theonlinecitizen.com/ (TOC main site) http://ge2011.theonlinecitizen.com/...
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...
A Political Forum on Singapore’s Future
Apr. 3 | First aired on Channel News Asia, 2 April 2011 The Mandarin forum, aired on Channel 8 on 3 April 2011. Click here for the English translation of the transcripts.
It’s not a mistake! We’ve got new Tees!
Apr. 1 | Hot on the heels of our popular TOC Gazetted Tees comes a brand new design -the honest-to-goodness HONEST MISTAKE Tees! And no, you’re not mistaken our tees are now available for both men and ladies, in four fabulous colors such as Incorruptible...
Politicians online – look for them here
Mar. 21 | Social Media (or New Media) is expected to play a part in the upcoming General Election. The political parties have a presence in these platforms. In order to facilitate access to them, we have collated a list of the pages of these parties on social networking...
BREAKING NEWS: TOC launches General Election website!
Mar. 18 | Dear everyone, As election fever heats up, we here at The Online Citizen are also excited. The upcoming General Election is expected to be a watershed one, with as many as 80 seats (or more) to be contested by the various political parties. Will the...
If you want to help the Japanese earthquake survivors…
Mar. 15 | … you can donate to the following places- Singapore Red Cross The SRC (Singapore Red Cross) is accepting monetary donations to help survivors of the Japanese Disaster. Titled the “Japan Disaster 2011”, the appeal will start from 13 March and...
AWARE: Prohibit gender discrimination and set quota for women in Parliament
Mar. 9 | Media release Gender Equity Essential for Singapore’s Next Lap AWARE-NUSS conference calls for Constitution to prohibit gender discrimination and quota set for women in Parliament Singapore, March 8th 2011 – For all the progress made in the last...
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...
SDP left out of Talking Point – CNA replies
Mar. 4 | By Deborah Choo Last Sunday on Talking Point, representatives from the ruling party People’s Action Party (PAP), as well as three opposition parties spoke to hosts Deborah Soon and PN Balji of the impact of the new electoral boundaries on their...
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...
SiRC Blogging Workshop on 12 March 2011
Mar. 2 | Click to Download PDF Poster On 22 September 2010, some 20 independent information technology (IT) and legal experts have come together to provide voluntary legal information to Singapore online users of their rights and responsibilities. The Community...
Chiam See Tong: Budget 2011 does not address country’s major problems
Mar. 1 | The following is Mr Chiam See Tong’s response to the Budget 2011. BUDGET STATEMENT 2011 This is an election Budget. The strategy is that of the US use during the pacific war against the Japanese whenever they want to take an island, the Americans...
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...
YOG ‘Burn’ case closed
Feb. 24 | By Deborah Choo Mr Abdul Malik Mohammed Ghazali The case is closed. The Online Citizen has learnt that the police will not be pressing charges against Project Executive Abdul Malik Mohammed Ghazali, who was arrested last year for making comments that...
UPDATE ON RP EXODUS: Mohd Affendy’s Response to the Ang Pao Incident
Feb. 24 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mohd Affendy’s Response to the Ang Pao Incident Singapore 24 February 2011 I refer to the press release issued by Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Secretary-General of The Reform Party dated 23 February 2011. Source: about-uli.blogspot.com In...
The Policy of Give and Take
Feb. 24 | By Dr Wong Wee Nam The Chinese New Year of the Rabbit has just passed and Christmas is still another ten months away. However, with the Budget that the PAP government has just unveiled, the people of Singapore cannot be faulted for thinking that they...
RP EXODUS – Opposition comments
Feb. 23 | TOC LATEST UPDATE: In the wake of an increasing number of members’ departure from the Reform Party, TOC contacted the opposition parties for comments pertaining to this situation. From left to right: Mr Goh Meng Seng (NSP), Mr Chia Ti Lik (SF)...
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: TONY TAN AND HAZEL POA RESPONDS TO RP’S PRESS RELEASE
Feb. 23 | In response to the Press Release from the Secretary-General of the Reform Party, we wish to clarify the facts as follows: 1) Tony did give an “Ang Pow” to a CEC member which was meant for his children as it was Chinese New Year. He did...
BREAKING NEWS: AT LEAST 20 LEFT RP, INCLUDING NEWEST MEMBER GILBERT GOH
Feb. 23 | TOC BREAKING NEWS: Party insiders from the Reform Party has confirmed with TOC that at least 20 members have left the RP, including newly joined member Mr Gilbert Goh. Mr Gilbert Goh Reform Party recently announced on February 9, 2011 of its newest member...
BREAKING NEWS: RP Press Release on the departure of nine members
Feb. 23 | PRESS RELEASE 23/02/2011 The Reform Party www.thereformparty.net. I can confirm today the resignations as reported in the Press. I have no wish to air the Party’s internal matters in public but I have seen previously how untruths left unchallenged...
Nine members leave Reform Party
Feb. 23 | The following is an excerpt of an article from The Straits Times. Ms Hazel Poa, 41 (photo credits: ST) WHY WE QUIT ‘We left because we had differences of opinion. That is common in any organisation. We tried to work things out initially but it...
