Exchange of letters between Kenneth Jeyaretnam and TOC

Dec. 23 | Below is Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam’s letter to The Online Citizen in response to our earlier report, “Milder and more credible”, written by our News Editor, Terence Lee. Following Mr Jeyaretnam’s letter are the responses from Terence and TOC Chief...

“Milder but more credible”…for whom?

Dec. 21 | Seelan Palay The following is a letter from Mr Seelan Palay in response to TOC’s report, “Milder but more credible“. A lead article on The Online Citizen portal a couple of days ago described the Youth Wing of the Workers’ Party...

The rising son

Apr. 27 | Andrew Loh The longest period that any political party in Singapore had gone without a secretary general was from 1963, when The Barisan Socialis’ secretary general, Lim Chin Siong, was incarcerated for “subversive” activities and eventually...

In celebration of JBJ’s birthday

Jan. 5 | Today, January 5, is the birthday of Mr JB Jeyaretnam. Mr Jeyaretnam served as an MP for the Workers’ Party of Singapore from 1981-86, and again from 1997-2001. Having left the Workers’ Party, he recently formed the Reform Party to challenge...

Farewell, great JBJ

Oct. 1 | Melvin Tan / Guest Writer The very first piece of news that greeted my ears as I opened my eyes today was the demise of veteran opposition stalwart Mr Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, or affectionately known as “JBJ”. In that instance, shattered...

Reform Party’s inauguration dinner

Jul. 12 | The newly-registered Reform Party, headed by veteran politician JB Jeyaretnam, held its inauguration dinner on the 11 of July 2008 at the Fortunate Restaurant Toa Payoh Central. Among the 500 guests were leaders of all the main opposition parties in Singapore....