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Ravi – A short documentary
Sep. 26 | Kirsten Han / In March this year, The Online Citizen published a story on the case of death row inmate Cheong Chun Yin, who was convicted with carrying in 2.8kg of heroin in to Singapore. All of Chun Yin’s appeals have been exhausted, and his only...
Families speak out – Pink Dot 2010
May. 18 | An exclusive TOC video capturing the thoughts of individuals, families and ambassadors of Pink Dot 2010… …. and here’s one that captures the highlights! ______________________________________________________
Public transport – 1 1/2 years later
May. 10 | The Online Citizen took to Speakers’ Corner in September 2008 to speak up on the state of our public transport system. One and a half years later, has anything changed or improved with our transport system? Here is a video of Channel 5′s report...
Why I became a sexologist
May. 3 | If there is one question I am asked almost every time I meet somebody new, it is this: “Why did you become a sexologist?” Even complete strangers on Facebook find it is their business to pose one-liner questions along the lines of: “Is your job...
Cooling-off day open to abuse in ruling party’s favour : Sylvia Lim
Apr. 27 | Parliament debated the introduction of the “cooling-off” period. Here is Sylvia Lim’s speech on the issue. Here’s the transcript of Ms Lim’s speech: Sir, the Bill carries several amendments. While some of the amendments...
A call for a moratorium
Apr. 4 | In the past several weeks and months, The Online Citizen interviewed various groups of Singaporeans – from the young to the older heartlanders, from law students to working adults. We also launched a special Facebook page asking for readers to...
Death sentences and executions in 2009
Mar. 30 | “We do see an end in sight to the death penalty… More people around the world are realising that this is a punishment that is against human dignity, it doesn’t achieve any purpose, and it should be consigned to history the same way...
Selling flats to settle debts
Mar. 28 | The growing trend of homeowners selling their flats to pay off debts has got the authorities concerned. So, the government is tightening the use of CPF for buying HDB flats.
Do heartlanders support the Mandatory Death Penalty?
Mar. 24 | On the 20th of March 2010, TOC TV headed to Toa Payoh to speak to the heartlanders. We were interested to find out what their understanding of the mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking was, and if they supported it. However, many of the answers...
Mah defends HDB policies
Mar. 17 | For those who may have missed the programme, here is National Development minister, Mah Bow Tan, on the Talking Point programme where he defended HDB’s housing policies.
Singapore’s big bet
Mar. 12 | Singapore is taking a gamble by opening its first casinos this year after a long-standing ban. 101 East asks: how will the gambling affect the modern city-state (report by Al Jazeera).
TOC’s Andrew Loh and Leong Sze Hian interveiwed by Asian Voices
Mar. 6 | The January issue (Asian Voices Issue 17) of ‘Asian Voices’, a monthly radio magazine programme produced by the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) in Singapore focused on alternative media in Southeast Asia and invited...
Interview with Rev. Dr. Edward Job on Death Penalty
Mar. 4 | Rev. Dr. Edward Job, a person with over 16 years of experience in helping drug addicts, speaks his mind on the death penalty.
Award-winning director’s take on community
Mar. 4 | Award-winning Singapore director, Tan Pin Pin, succinctly points out how the simple act of watching a movie in a cinema theatre is also a form of community. Ms Tan will be speaking at the Work-Life: The Making Of Community forum this Friday and Saturday...
Singapore playwright on making communities
Mar. 2 | Alvin Tan, Founder and Artistic Director of The Necessary Stage shares his thoughts about what community means within the Singapore context. Mr Tan will be speaking at the Work-Life: The Making Of Community forum this Friday and Saturday – for more...
Kim Dae-jung: Life on Death Row
Feb. 26 | The following film, by Amnesty International (Feb, 2010), explores experiences of death row and the death penalty in South Korea during the years of political upheaval before democracy. The film contains extracts from an interview with Kim Dae-jung, former...
Budget does little to address main issues faced by S’poreans
Feb. 24 | The Online Citizen speaks to financial expert and TOC’s own columnist, Mr Leong Sze Hian, for his take on Budget 2010 which was unveiled by the finance minister on Monday.
Do NUS law students support the mandatory death penalty?
Feb. 4 | The Online Citizen asks students from the National University of Singapore Law faculty if they support the mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking.
The Mandatory Death Penalty
Feb. 1 | TOC TV takes to the streets to ask young Singaporeans and working adults their views on the mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking in Singapore – filmed at Bugis Junction & Raffles Place (video below).
101 East – Calling Singapore Home
Jan. 23 | How will the government’s new liberal immigration policy affect the people? In this 2-part video, Al Jazeera speaks to Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Mr Siew Kum Hong, Mr Jolovan Wham and Dr Dawn Dekle. The Singapore government declined to participate...
The science of motivation
Jan. 19 | Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don’t: Traditional rewards aren’t always as effective as we think. Future revision of ministerial and civil service...
Malaysia: whose God?
Jan. 15 | Religious tensions are rising in Malaysia over the name of Allah. A recent high court ruling, allowing the use of the Arabic word for God, has sparked protests in Mosques and attacks on Christian churches. The issue has highlighted the fate of the minority...
CPF: the risk of living too long
Jan. 13 | In this 6-part video, Leong Sze Hian gives his take on the CPF Life scheme which will become mandatory in 2012. You can download the powerpoint slides for his presentation here.
Extrajudicial killings by Sri Lankan government
Jan. 9 | Philip Alston, an independent United Nations human rights expert said today there are strong indications that the video of alleged extrajudicial executions by Sri Lankan soldiers that aired last August on British television is authentic, and called for...
Li Shengwu’s finale speech at World Universities Debating Championship
Jan. 6 | Li Shengwu is the grandson of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. He has been ranked the top debater at the world’s biggest debating tournament, beating more than 700 others to be ranked number one. Mr Li, who turns 25 this year, is currently pursuing...
Year In Review: HDB flats – subsidy, affordability, prices.
Dec. 30 | Statistics can be interesting and fun. TOC’s Fang Shihan sat down with Mr Leong Sze Hian to talk about the main bread-and-butter issues of 2009. In this Part One of the interview, Mr Leong looks at one of the biggest issues this year – the prices...
Lim Swee Say on tripartism
Dec. 27 | In November 2009, NTUC Secretary General Lim Swee Say was invited to give a talk on Singapore’s tripartism at INSEAD in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the business school. He not only elaborated the concept of “Cheaper, Better,...
Remembering those who helped build our nation
Dec. 23 | In this holiday season of Christmas, we remember the less fortunate, particularly the elderly. Film by Martyn See. Rated NC16 by the Board of Film Censors. “Nation Builders”
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...
The future of human-computer interaction (and possibly mobile phones)
Dec. 17 | MIT students discovered how to turn a typical LCD into a low-cost 3-D gestural computing system. Users activate controls on the display by touching the screen but as soon as they lift their finger off the screen, the system interprets their gestures....
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”...
Karang guni men – are they a nuisance?
Dec. 13 | In the video below, this karang guni man – or rag & bone man – blares his horns incessantly. Do you feel that these men should be allowed to do so? Should horns be banned for karang guni men? Take a look at the video before you decide. Don’t...
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...
