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Take responsibility, we are a meritocratic society
Apr. 18 | Brandon Ngo It used to be the case when we knew how to take responsibility. When I came home from school with a less than satisfactory grade on my test paper, I would be punished by my parents. I accepted it, because I knew that I was the reason why I...
Tin Pei Ling’s social mobility: the exception, not the norm
Apr. 4 | Jeffrey Lawrence Omar/ Faced with the possibility of actually voting for once and taking heed of the advice from our dear PM to “think carefully before you cast your vote.” I decided to take a look at the available information on the various...
Hear no Evil? The PAP and the politics behind Minimum Wage
Apr. 4 | This is an excerpt of an article published on Singapore 2025. Pritam Singh/ Source: ST One concern of many Singaporeans lies in the immediate and long-term well being of our low-income workers, and the utility of measures the government...
Low Thia Khiang: Media fair so far but real test yet to come
Apr. 4 | Bhavan Jaipragas / Pictures by Han Thon Workers’ Party chief urges mainstream media to meet readers’ demands during GE or risk losing out to online portals The mainstream media has been competent in its coverage of the Workers’ Party in the run-up...
This is my home: WP’s Chen Show Mao
Apr. 3 | The following is a translation of the report on Lianhe Zaobao on 3 April 2011. The first part is a translation from Lianhe Zaobao reporter, Yew Lun Tian’s Facebook page. The report is an exclusive interview the Chinese paper had with Workers’ Party...
Key debates at Channel NewsAsia’s political forum
Apr. 3 | The following is an excerpt from an article posted on 3 April 2011 on New Nation. by Terence Lee/ On GST Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) assistant treasurer Vincent Wijeysingha advocated a zero-rate GST for basic services like food so as to alleviate...
Elections: Singapore’s PAP has hands full
Apr. 2 | The following is an excerpt of an article published on 1 April 2011 at FreeMalaysiaToday. by Maxwell Coopers It is election season in Singapore! And there is good reason why the ruling Peoples’ Action Party (PAP) should be thinking of calling a snap...
Field Tin Pei Ling in an SMC and let voters decide
Mar. 31 | From sgpolitics.net Ng E-jay/ I am glad that Mr Siew Kum Hong has come out to defend PAP candidate’s Tin Pei Ling’s right to privacy. With that out of the way, however, it is now time to address a serious political issue. If the PAP fields Tin Pei...
TOC Editorial: Will Tin Pei Lin backfire?
Mar. 30 | The following excerpt is from TOC GE 2011. TOC Editorial/ Let’s get this out of the way: private photos of recently unveiled 27 year-old PAP candidate Ms Tin Pei Lin procured from her Facebook site are not fair game. Neither is insinuating Ms Tin...
I’ve never left Singapore – SDP’s Dr Vincent Wijeysingha
Mar. 30 | Joshua Chiang/ “I’ve always thought that period from ’68 onwards was the period that PAP started consolidating and regrouping because ’67 all the Barisan walked out,” Dr Vincent Wijeysingha tells me. “Then ’68 when they brought in...
TOC Op-ed: New twist to the by-election question, but don’t hold your breath
Sep. 27 | Dr Balaji Sadasivan’s passing this morning inevitably raises the question of whether Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will call for a by-election to fill the now-vacant seat in his own ward. Dr Balaji was an MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC, in addition to his portfolio...
Don’t focus solely on GDP growth, NMP says
Jul. 24 | Wong Chun Han - Used under Creative Commons licence Singapore should cut its focus on economic growth and measure its progress with socio-economic indicators apart from the gross domestic product, a nominated member of parliament said Monday. “The changed...
Criminal Procedure Code: tilting the law in their own favour
May. 20 | Some of the proposed changes to the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) make me wonder just how far this government will go to tilt the playing field in their own favour, even when it means compromising on the fundamental rights that people in many other developed...
