The article below is first published on Kenneth Jeyaretnam’s blog on February 17, 2011. by Kenneth Jeyaretnam Today the Department of Statistics issued a press release*...
by Leong Sze Hian I refer to the Budget Statement 2011 by the Finance Minister . Wages grew 0.5% “C.6. Consider what happened to low-income Singaporean...
by Stephanie Chok I have come to my tether, and therefore I must blog (or self-combust). In a nutshell: Cause of aggravation #1: A friend told...
The following is an excerpt of an article published by the Associated Press on February 17, 2011. SINGAPORE (AP) — Singaporean Ramzi Mohamed is tired of sleeping in...
by Joshua Chiang “Homosexuality will eventually be accepted. It’s already accepted in China. It’s a matter of time before it’s accepted here.” – Lee Kuan Yew,...
The following is the third in a three-part summary extract from the soon-to-be-published ““Creating Jobs and Enterprise in a new Singapore economy – Ideas for Change”...
Former AWARE president and current president of human rights NGO MARUAH Braema Mathi will speak at The Online Citizen’s Budget Forum 2011. She will replace Mr...
by Kirsten Han This piece was first posted on funny little world on 10 October 2010. I’ve just been to see I Love You, Phillip Morris....
The following is a letter sent to us by a TOC reader. I am reluctant to resurrect the troubles that brewed over MM Lee’s remarks that...
by Leong Sze Hian When I was asked if I could write something about how the $20 billion Resilence Package has helped Singaporeans, the first thought...
The following is the second in a three-part summary extract from the soon-to-be-published ““Creating Jobs and Enterprise in a new Singapore economy – Ideas for Change”...
By Lisa Li It was a passionate open discussion and debate on race issues that lasted for more than 3 hours, and continued over dinner at...
The Singapore Democratic Party’s (SDP) Shadow Budget is ‘bereft of goodies’, said SDP chief Dr Chee Soon Juan at a press conference to launch the party’s...
Hot on the heels of the Government’s Budget to be announced this Friday, The Online Citizen will hold a Budget Forum 2011 on Saturday, 19th February....
The following article is published by Stratfor Global Intelligence on 14 February, 2011. By George Friedman On Feb. 11, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned. A military council...