Below are highlights of some of the questions which MPs will be asking in the September 17th (Monday) sitting of Parliament. Ministerial Statement: Minister for Manpower:...
By Andrew Ong After casual exchanges with friends over some local socio-political issues, I have to say that generally, majority of us Singaporeans take a very...
By Pin-Quan Ng In his National Day Rally address, our prime minister suggested the possibility of developing a fourth public university to meet the increasing demand...
By Leong Sze Hian I refer to the Public Transport Council’s (PTC) News release on 11 September, on the increase in bus fares from 1 October....
In light of the just-announced increase in transport fares (again), theonlinecitizen has decided to publish this series of letters which our writer Leong Sze Hian had...
Theonlinecitizen has obtained a copy of the original blog entry by Raffles Institution teacher, Otto Fong. It also includes comments which were originally posted by readers...
Latest Update (10 Sept, 20:00 hours): TOC understands that Otto’s case has attracted the attention of the Ministry Of Education. We expect both MOE and Raffles...
A protest against the government’s move to introduce an annuities scheme was held at Centrepoint on Saturday afternoon. Around 30 people were spotted wearing black throughout...
Below are some reactions from the internet regarding Raffles Institution teacher Otto Fong’s “coming out” blog post. Letter to Raffles Institution regarding Otto Fong by Jasper...
By Leong Sze Hian I refer to Sembawang GRC MP Lim Wee Kiak explanation to the media that, “While it is true that the YP had...
Straits Times report, Sept 7, 2007 A MOVE by Young PAP (YP) to drop two outdoor events from its calendar has invited online talk that it...
For latest update – please see below The YoungPAP has removed its “Night Cycling Event” item from its “Event Calendar” (sic) page on its website. The...
By Andrew Loh “Ministers are not given pensions, not the ministers after a certain age, similar to civil servants…. Civil servants after 1984, ‘86 no longer...
By Leong Sze Hian According to the article “Fourth varsity: Third time’s the charm?” (Straits Times, September 1), 23.5 per cent of each cohort makes it...
This is a letter from Jason, one of our readers. It has been argued strongly that elderly Singaporeans are not saving enough, despite the CPF scheme....