Tony Birtley of Al Jazeera takes a look at Burmese refugees who have fled the tyranny but are prevented from peaceful demonstrations in Singapore, and call...
By Leong Sze Hian and Andrew Loh The following article was first published here in TOC on the 2nd of Oct 2007. The Straits Times has...
By Leong Sze Hian I refer to the article “Taming inflation” (ST, Nov 25). Amidst all the statistical jargon in the media such as: … September...
By Andrew Ong and Andrew Loh On the 9th of April 2007, Minister in charge of the Civil Service, Teo Chee Hean, announced in Parliament: “Salaries...
Theonlinecitizen has confirmed with Ms Catherine Lim that she indeed is the author of the following open letter to the prime minister. Ms Lim had originally...
By Gerald Giam How is it possible to preside over a booming economy and yet still lose a national election? Australia‘s outgoing Prime Minister John Howard...
A government-linked body has embarked on a review of the regulatory framework over the internet. While the focus of the review seems to be “what to...
The following is a report carried by Japan‘s largest news agency Kyodo. Singapore‘s unsuccessful attempt to convince Myanmar [Burma] and China to allow a UN special...
Below is the video – with the lyrics – showing the senior management of the Media Development Authority (MDA) rapping while “selling its message to get...
By Leong Sze Hian After watching the Cancer Charity Show, my friend’s sister, a 50 plus housewife, was so depressed, that she jumped from the 10th...
For more pictures, please visit Pseudonymity’s blogsite. 20/11/2007, 1930 hrs: 50 Burmese nationals gathered outside Orchard Hotel in groups of three. Standing in rows of three,...
By Choo Zheng Xi Every big family has its awkward characters: the cousin who can’t stop talking about Multi-Level Marketing. The 50 year old aunt who...
By Leong Sze Hian and Yeo Toon Joo The Government has claimed it costs more to obtain the people’s CPF funds than to secure funds from...
Choo Zheng Xi Editor-in-Chief On behalf of TOC “Ang moh and friend attack Star Blogger Michelle and friend” screamed the headline on STOMP, the Straits Times’...
This is taken from the blog Princess Michie. The account of the incident is solely her own, and does not represent the full sequence of events...