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50 years of HDB – homelessness is its biggest challenge
Jan. 23 | Andrew Loh Come next Tuesday to Friday, the Housing and Development Board will host the International Housing Conference, an event to showcase and boast about the HDB’s achievements over the last 50 years. Titled, “Sustainable Housing : Charting New...
Blogger Gerald Giam joins the Workers’ Party
Jan. 23 | From Gerald Giam’s blog: I joined the WP because I believe Singapore needs an alternative leadership that is capable of taking over the reins and steering our country to its next level of development, should the PAP stumble. This will ensure that Singapore...
Copenhagen: failure or success
Jan. 11 | ECO Singapore Assoc Prof Pauline Tay-Straughan had the following questions brought up to the Minister of Environment and Water Resources Dr Yacoob Ibrahim and the Parliament over the weekend. Response is to be expected at the Parliament session on the...
PM Lee addresses Govt’s position on climate change
Dec. 20 | On the last day of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference (COP15), the ECO Singapore delegation finally met PM Lee Hsien Loong for a short interactive session. In this 2-part video, PM Lee clarified the government’s position at COP15, domestic...
Government must act against climate change
Dec. 19 | ECO Singapore Climate Change is a global phenomenon and all states small and big will face the brunt of it if no action is taken. Singapore, though a small island state, has a role to play. Beyond our own survival, Singapore has the moral duty...
Does Singapore have a climate change policy?
Dec. 17 | Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrives today at Copenhagen to attend the high-level negotiation at the UNFCCC COP15. Civil society participation at COP15 has been reduced to meagre 1,000 today. By friday, the number would be reduced to 90. Donaldson...
Let’s ask the Government!
Dec. 17 | Update: ECO Singapore will be meeting PM Lee at 5pm (Danish Time, i.e. SGT minus 7h) on 18 Dec 2009 Eleina Eleina is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is...
Copenhagan must push US Congress
Dec. 17 | Amira Amira is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is part of the International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) at the United Nations Framework Convention for...
Urban solutions for Singapore
Dec. 15 | Mellow Mellow is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is part of the International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) at the United Nations Framework Convention...
Drama rocks Copahengen
Dec. 15 | Hu Ching Hu Ching is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is part of the International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) at the United Nations Framework Convention...
We want Climate Justice, there is no Planet B
Dec. 15 | On 12 December, a huge rally involving 100,000 people took place at Copenhagen in support of a global deal to cap carbon emission. Demonstrators chanted and carried banners reading “Demand Climate Justice,” “The World Wants a Real Deal”...
Little green applause for Singapore
Dec. 12 | aLgae aLgae is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is part of the International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) at the United Nations Framework Convention for...
Philippines must demand deep and early cuts in GHG emissions from developed countries in Copenhagen
Dec. 12 | Walden Bello Walden Bello, is an Akbayan Representative in the 14th Congress of Republic of the Philippines. He is also a senior analyst of Focus on the Global South and professor of sociology at the University of the Philippines. This article is Walden’s...
Put an end to carbon colonialism, says Singaporean
Dec. 11 | At the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, Singaporean Amira Karim told off government representatives of developed countries for attempting to overturn the balance of obligations and responsibilities enshrined in the UN Framework Convention on Climate...
The process of the UNFCCC
Dec. 11 | Zhang Yi Tao Yi Tao is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is part of the International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) at the United Nations Framework Convention...
Analysing Obama
Dec. 10 | Eleina Eleina is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is part of the International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) at the United Nations Framework Convention...
What does China’s Climate Change target mean?
Dec. 10 | Feng Wang Feng Wang is a Chinese student who is enrolled in graduate study on environmental economics and carbon management at the Illinois Institute of Technology. As part of the coverage on COP15, TOC will be featuring opinions from all over the world...
Hopenhagen or Flopenhagen?
Dec. 9 | Hu Ching Hu Ching is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is part of the International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15)...
How old will you be in 2050?
Dec. 9 | Eleina Eleina is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is part of the International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of...
ECO’s Adaptation Policy Focus
Dec. 9 | Amira Amira is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is part of the International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of...
Asian Youth and Climate Change
Dec. 9 | Amira Amira is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is part of the International Youth Climate Movement (ICYM) at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of...
Talking Point(s) with NMP Viswa Sadasivan
Nov. 9 | Gangasudhan with contribution from Ravi Philemon >> TOC Review TOC caught up with Nominated Member of Parliament Mr Viswa Sadasivan who discussed his views in a candid chit-chat session TV personality, CEO, consultant, trainer and now NMP, Viswa...
Youth in Politics – Young Democrat Jarrod Luo
Nov. 7 | Donaldson Tan The Online Citizen met Young Democrat Jarrod Luo for a chat. He is the Honorary Secretary of the Young Democrats, the youth wing of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP). Jarrod is a young man blessed with intelligence and confidence. He...
Youth in Politics – The Young Reformers
Oct. 17 | Fang Shihan >> TOC Review In this first installment of our “Youth in Politics” series, we speak to Justin Ong and Nicole Seah from the Young Reformers, the youth wing of the Reform Party. OPPOSITION party members seem to have it tough, especially...
Is it wise to save $36,000 this way?
Feb. 16 | TOC reporter investigates the new steel shafts with which the HDB is constructing new lifts and shows you what you are paying for in the Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP). Boris Chan HDB’s cost-saving measures for new lifts is a matter of concern –...
Of concessions and tokenism, worrying trends in policy making
Aug. 26 | Breaking News: Malaysiakini reports that Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has won the Permatang Pauh by-election with a majority of 16,210 votes. He garnered 26,646 votes while Arif Shah Omar Shah got 10,436. Anwar’s wife, Dr Wan Azizah...
TOC writers’ National Day thoughts
Aug. 8 | Below is an email exchange I had with a friend, Edmund, a new member of TOC. Andrew, I remember when I was much younger, in my school days and NS Days, the National Day Parade (NDP) was a must-see on TV. When I was a boy scout, I craved to participate...
TOC Feature: If one were Dr Choong…
Mar. 20 | By Dharmendra Yadav The past three weeks have been unprecedented for Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng. First, Wong had to apologise for alleged terrorist leader Mas Selamat Kastari’s escape from detention. Then, he had to restore the flailing...
TOC Feature: Social work – a human rights framework
Nov. 7 | By Jolovan Wham Social workers are concerned with social problems, their causes, their solutions and their impact on society. We work with individuals, families, groups and organizations, as members of a profession who are committed to the well being...
TOC Open Thread: Multiculturalism, Indian style
Nov. 6 | TOC writer Kamal Mamat featured this on his personal blog here . Below is a video of Indian Idol contestant Meiyang Chang, third generation Indian citizen fluent in Hindi.
TOC Feature: The Workers’ Party – 50 years of Singapore politics
Nov. 3 | “TOC Features” are articles written by practitioners in their fields of work or expertise. By Bernard Chen This article acknowledges the rich historical heritage of the Workers’ Party; the various challenges it had faced and overcame and...
Section 377A is inconsistent : PAP MP Hri Kumar
Oct. 23 | Transcript of the Parliamentary speech by PAP MP Hri Kumar on the debate over Section 377A. I rise to support the Bill. A major overhaul of the Penal Code was timely and the Ministry of Home Affairs has obviously put in much effort and thought to the...
377A serves public morality : NMP Thio Li-Ann
Oct. 23 | Below is the full transcript of NMP Professor Thio Li-Ann’s speech in Parliament. Two camps championing two distinct criminal law philosophies are polarised over whether to retain or repeal s377A which criminalizes public or private acts of gross...
NMP Siew Kum Hong: Turn our backs on prejudice, discrimination, intolerance and hatred
Oct. 23 | Below is the full transcript of NMP Siew Kum Hong‘s speech in Parliament on the amendments to the Penal Code. TOC would like to thank Mr Siew for providing us with the transcript. Mr Speaker Sir, I rise to speak on the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill,...
Send Penal Code amendments to Select Committee: NCMP Sylvia Lim
Oct. 22 | This is the transcript of the speech by NCMP and Workers’ Party chairman Sylvia Lim in Parliament on the Penal Code amendments. (The video is here on CNA’s website.) TOC would like to thank Ms Lim for providing us with the transcript. Read...
