~ By Ghui ~ On Saturday, 14 April 2012 – Singapore Day, New York was greeted with great fanfare. Singaporeans travelled across America to sample much...
Modern democracy traces its roots back to ancient Greece and Rome, where public forums were at the heart of the democratic process. Citizens were free to...
~ By Jen ~ At a recent gathering with some Singaporean friends, the discussion inadvertently turned to local politics. But when I mentioned Mr Brown, our...
~ By Martin Gabriel ~ It was a rather surprising to read the media reports of Professor Lim Chong Yah, who chaired the National Wages Council...
~ By Terry Xu ~ The recent spate of incidents involving Chinese immigrants has cast a pretty bad impression in the eyes of many Singaporeans. Some...
~ Translation in Tamil by Shankar Selvam based on original story published on 20 March 2012 ~ யோங் உய் கோங்கின் வழக்கறிஞரான திரு ரவிக்கு வரையப்பட்ட பதில் கடிதத்தில்,...
MEDIA RELEASE ~ National Solidarity Party’s Letter to the Ministry of Transport Regarding Recent Casualties of Public Transport ~ The National Solidarity Party (NSP) requests accountability...
~ By Ghui ~ The mantra that we are not producing enough babies is one that the government is consistently repeating. This incessant rhetoric has been...
~ By David L K See ~ I refer to Straits Times article "Right of way dilemma at road crossing" (Straits Times, 06 Apr) and the LTA's long-winded reply "Safety...
~ By Howard Lee ~ If there is any reason to take heart that the Singapore government is doing all it can to engage Singaporeans in...
~ By Ng Yi Shu ~ The debate with regards to Bukit Brown had raged for close to a year. With LTA’s and MND’s go-ahead on...
~ By Leong Sze Hian ~ I refer to the Energy Market Authority’s (EMA) reply “Power tariff increases in line with fuel prices: EMA” (Straits Times,...
~ By Jackson Tan ~ The 2011 General Election was viewed as a ‘watershed election’ (East Asia Forum, 2011) in which, for the first time in...
~ By Leon Perera ~ The current national moment of urgency in solving social problems is welcome and long-overdue. In Budget 2012 and the 2011 General...
~ By Shiwen Yap ~ In Part 1 of this series published yesterday, I argued on the deficit of the GRC System and how the model...