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SDP’s Teoh Tian Jing: Ruling will go down as one that ignored common sense
Mar. 4 | By the Singapore Democrats Two days after the Singapore Democrats commemorated our 30th anniversary dinner, Mr Gandhi Ambalam, Dr Chee Soon Juan, and Ms Chee Siok Chin are being imprisoned again. They are serving a one-week imprisonment after they were...
Youth leaders from S’pore & Malaysia condemn attacks on Malaysian churches
Jan. 14 | Wong Chun Han Young Singaporean and Malaysian politicians have united in speaking out against recent attacks on churches in Malaysia. Youth wing leaders from the Singapore Democratic Party and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (People’s Justice Party) issued...
Jailed for distributing flyers critical of government policies
Jan. 5 | Singapore Democrats Ms Chee Siok Chin began serving her one-week jail sentence yesterday after District Judge Chng Lye Beng had found her guilty together with Mr Gandhi Ambalam and Dr Chee Soon Juan for distributing flyers without a permit. A permit...
Cooling-off…. into a deep freeze
Dec. 1 | [Elections] in Singapore are already devoid of any heat. Any more cooling and the elections will go into deep freeze, sending voters into hibernation. Singapore Democratic Party
Rubbish? Look who’s talking
Nov. 10 | Andrew Loh & Ravi Philemon “Come election time, they talk a lot of things, which is rubbish… This is a government which chooses its MPs very carefully; test them out before they become ministers. That’s why it is working. The present...
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...
SDP calls for Government to release Electoral Map
Nov. 4 | Announcement: Founder and Chief Editor of this website, Andrew Loh, has stepped down and will no longer be involved with the operations of The Online Citizen. Singapore Democrats SDP responds to questions by Senior Report Zul Othman from TODAY. This...
SDP calls on Dr Teo Ho Pin to stand with Bukit Panjang residents
Oct. 11 | The following is an excerpt from the Singapore Democrats. The SDP expressed its concern that the sale of the market to Sheng Shiong will increase the cost of operating the facility, thereby increasing prices for shoppers. (Left: Dr Chee talking to a vendor....
Have your views of the political parties changed in the last 3 years?
Sep. 19 | Andrew Loh Picture by Alex Au, Yawning Bread On 6 May 2006, Singaporeans went to the polls to vote a new government. The results? The People’s Action Party was returned to power by a majority of 66.6 per cent of the vote. 1.2 million Singaporeans...
SDP member calls for a more equal and caring S’pore
Aug. 29 | Singapore Democratic Party member Wong U-Wen highlights the difficulties and discrimination faced by the disabled and deaf communities in Singapore. Read: 10 years and still no public transport subsidy for disabled. Read other reports here, here, here.
SDP responds to TOC’s critique
Aug. 19 | From the Singapore Democratic Party. We note the critique of Ms Tng Hui Yi and Mr Andrew Loh of the SDP’s National Day Message (watch video here) at The Online Citizen. It is apparent that much thought went into the review and the criticisms were...
“Democracy need not involve the presence of an opposition,” says PAP member
Aug. 13 | The following is an article written by Xu Kaixian, a member of the People’s Action Party’s Paris Ris West Branch. The article was published in the latest issue of Petir, the PAP’s newsletter. The views are his own and TOC does not support them....
The race to engage Singaporeans
Aug. 12 | Andrew Loh Mr Teo Ser Luck has been a very busy man. After winning in the 2006 General Elections as part of the People’s Action Party’s team for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, he was immediately appointed Parliamentary Secretary (Parl Sec) for the Ministry...
Politicians cross swords in cyberspace
Aug. 11 | Khairulanwar Zaini / Andrew Loh The last time Dr Chee Soon Juan crossed swords with Mr George Yeo was in 1996. The two had met at a Select Committee hearing specially convened to ascertain the Singapore Democratic Party’s assertions about healthcare...
Chee Soon Juan addresses party members
Jul. 29 | The SDP’s Sec-Gen, Dr Chee Soon Juan, addressing party cadres at the 2009 Party Conference.
That we may dream again – book review by Chee Siok Chin
May. 23 | The following is a review of the book, That We May Dream Again, by Ms Chee Siok Chin in March 2009. The book is a collection of writings by several former Internal Security Act detainees, including some of those who were detained in 1987, about their...
An unnatural order
Mar. 27 | Coming soon on TOC: A look at the Cabinet changes and the implications for the next General Elections. Why the proposed Public Order Act seems patently unnecessary On the heels of its proposed changes to the Films Act introducing fresh restrictions...
What happened to learning from China?
Mar. 24 | Even in communist China, peaceful protests are tolerated. Chee Siok Chin, on the new Public Order Law
New restrictions to Films Act introduced in the guise of liberalisation
Mar. 23 | Filmmaker Martyn See gives his take on the changes to the Films Act. The following are excerpts. Please visit his blog, Singapore Rebel, to read the full article. Also, visit the One Nation Under The Films Act Facebook group. Excerpts: The amendments...
“Worst insult possible”
Feb. 25 | The imputation that the Singapore courts are ‘kangaroo courts’ was a serious and scurrilous insult that struck at the foundation, the body and the spirit of the justice system in Singapore. Justice Judith Prakash, explaining her decision...
Educate the public through New Media, says Tan Kin Lian at opposition forum
Feb. 7 | About 100 people, young and old, attended the Singapore Democratic Party organized forum “Opposition – Where to?”. This is a dangerous world because people are not doing anything about the evils in this world. With that in mind, Mr...
Where to, opposition?
Feb. 6 | Aloysius Foo The opposition parties must look within, rather than outside At the start of 2009, TOC published an article “The opposition in 2009 – time to get united”, and the writer Mr Andrew Loh expressed his desire for a more united opposition...
The opposition in 2009 – time to get united
Jan. 1 | Andrew Loh / Opinion First, let me say that this article is not any in-depth analysis. It is just my personal views on what may happen – and what I hope will happen – in 2009 as far as the political parties are concerned. As with many Singaporeans,...
Letter to TOC (Dec 1)
Nov. 30 | The following letters were either rejected or are still not published by the Straits Times, except the third one which is to TOC. Just a note: In future, blog postings or blog articles will no longer be considered as a letter to TOC. Also, letters to...
The Tak Boleh Tahan protest case
Nov. 5 | Ng Yi Sheng / Guest Writer Considering the importance of this case, it’s a scandal that almost no reporting has been done on it since it began. 19 people have been charged for illegal gathering – the largest number of people ever in such a trial –...
