“As I walked to the door of his office, the Prime Minister (LKY) called me back. I remember his words: ‘Nathan – I am giving you...
~by: Jewel Philemon~ Dr Lily Neo, MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC, has lunched the community project ‘Stop Pest’ which aims to improve the living conditions of...
~by: Ghui~ In 2007, THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) made its then single largest investment ever – a massive 11 billion Swiss francs (S$14...
~by: Howard Lee~ When the Singapore Press Club closed its forum discussion on media coverage of the 2011 general and Presidential elections, there was still one unanswered...
~by: Jewel Philemon~ The 2010-2011 flash floods, which hit Singapore by surprise and took the lives of four, were, as everyone knows, caused by higher than...
~by: Ghui~ The article: “You call this bonding?” appears to highlight two issues: 1. The concept of bonding seems to have been misunderstood; and 2. The...
We welcome Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s announcement that his government would repeal the Internal Security Act (ISA) and the Emergency Ordinance. He said the changes...
~by: Tan Jee Say~ The Ministry of Home Affairs said on Friday it wants to keep the Internal Security Act even though Malaysia has announced the...
~by: Ravi Philemon~ The speakers at the recent IPS seminar highlighted that of the 1092 Singaporeans polled in 2010 (before the last General Election), 87.4 per...
Ho HW – Why has there been an 80% rise in HDB flat pricing between two sale launches (direct from HDB) of Havelock View? The construction costs...
~by: Donaldson Tan~ Nuclear energy first gained public attention in Singapore when the Economic Strategy Committee (ESC) rallied the government to consider nuclear energy in February...
~by: Yaw Shin Leong/MP for Hougang SMC~ About a week after the lunch I had with an ex-inmate Mr. E, who is also HIV+ (see HERE),...
~by: Kenneth Jeyaretnam/Secretary-General of Reform Party~ The Reform Party welcomes the Prime Minister of Malaysia’s announcement yesterday that Malaysia would be abolishing the ISA and replacing...
~by: Leong Sze Hian~ I refer to the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) Labour Market Second Quarter 2011 report, released on 16 September (see HERE). It states...
MARUAH applauds the decision by Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (‘Malaysian PM to scrap ISA’ – ST, September 16, 2011) to repeal the Malaysian Internal...