SUMMARY (in italics, by Yeo Toon Joo, Peter): Contrary to the Manpower Minister’s protestations in parliament over CPF’s poor rates of return to members and the...
By Joel Tan The spotlight is once again on the fight for gay rights in Singapore- it is an increasingly emotional war of words and like...
By Andrew Loh If you were in Parliament, as I was, when the Manpower Minister, Dr Ng Eng Hen, delivered his ministerial statement on the changes...
Committee to study annuity scheme A new committee will be set up to study the National Longevity Insurance Scheme, which is better known as “annuity”. Manpower...
The international media was not there, neither were there scores of policemen and policewomen or helicopters circling above. There was no big crowd and the only...
The police have allowed a protest march by Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) activists to take place without incident. At 3.10 pm this afternoon, a group of...
By Leong Sze Hian I refer to the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) “Labour Report, Second Quarter, 2007: The strong labour market performance last year has continued...
Below are highlights of some of the questions which MPs will be asking in the September 17th (Monday) sitting of Parliament. Ministerial Statement: Minister for Manpower:...
By Andrew Ong After casual exchanges with friends over some local socio-political issues, I have to say that generally, majority of us Singaporeans take a very...
By Pin-Quan Ng In his National Day Rally address, our prime minister suggested the possibility of developing a fourth public university to meet the increasing demand...
