Stephan Ortmann – Along with more than 190 countries, Singapore is represented with its own pavilion at the Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China. Situated between the...
From Gerald Giam’s blog: After a drop of just 4,200 foreigner numbers last year due to the downturn, the PAP’s “open-the-floodgates” immigration policy is back with...
Leong Sze Hian – After adjusting for historical inflation of about two per cent, the annual real wage increase may only be about 0.6 per cent....
Wong Chun Han Hundreds of jobless migrant workers may go hungry as the food aid programme they depend upon could fold due to a lack of...
The Singapore Prison Service has denied access to Ms Ngeow Chow Ying, a Malaysian lawyer representing death row inmate, Yong Vui Kong. Ms Ngeow had requested...
Was Lee Kuan Yew parroting someone else’s remarks – and getting it wrong? “Taiwanese are shameless, Hong Kongers are heartless, Singaporeans are ignorant.” Singaporean columnist Wong...
Andrew Loh – On 10 July 2010, the Straits Times published a report – “Law Ministry rebuts lawyer’s claim”, by Zakir Hussain. The report is essentially...
The following transcripts are by Donaldson Tan of New Asia Republic. The video on Dr Lim Hock Siew has been banned on Youtube and on Martyn...
From Siew Kum Hong’s blog: Excerpts: The point here is that this was a factual recording of a speech, nothing more nothing less. No deceptive editing,...
Prostitution is surprisingly common in Singapore. Although many of these women work in the sex business by choice, there are so many women that do not....
Dr James Gomez recently made a presentation at the 18 Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia. Dr Gomez’s presentation was titled, “Social Media...
By Dr George Jacobs This is a follow-up article to Is Singapore ready for a plant-based food day? There are many possible ways to encourage people...
The Media Development Authority today informed filmmaker, Mr Martyn See, that his film on ex-political detainee, Dr Lim Hock Siew, has been banned in Singapore. Dr...
The following is the press statement from Mr M Ravi, lawyer for Yong Vui Kong, in response to the Law Ministry’s comments on Yong’s case. PRESS...
Jia Ye We call them Special Pass holders – workers who, incurring large debts to pay for their agents’ fees in hopes of securing a work-permit...