SDP reveals final slate of candidates
By Timothy Lai The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) unveiled its last slate of candidates this afternoon. They are Dr Wong Souk Yee, Adjunct Lecturer at the Centre for English Language…
View ArticleQuestions asked over MND letter on AHPETC managing agents
A statement the Ministry of National Development (MND) released Saturday afternoon has triggered questions over whether both the civil service and the mainstream media have been used as vehicles for…
View ArticleWP launches manifesto urging “compassionate and equitable growth”
The Workers’ Party launched a 46-page manifesto on Sunday containing key proposals such as instituting a national minimum wage pegged to the Average Household Expenditure on Basic Needs, reducing class...
View ArticleWorkers’ Party’s Daniel Goh does not see PAP as the enemy
The following is an English translation of an article that appeared in Lianhe Zaobao today, 29 August 2015. The poison pen letter that the new Workers’ Party candidate received the…
View ArticleSPP announces its candidates for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
The Singapore People’s Party (SPP) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has confirmed the five members of their joint team who will be contesting Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC in the upcoming…
View ArticleNadine Yap: Will be speaking up even if not in parliament
When Ms Nadine Yap was introduced weeks ago as a slated candidate for Democratic Progressive Party in the Bishan-Toa Payoh Team, voters at the GRC were impressed with her eloquency…
View ArticleSylvia Lim’s second letter to residents, informs them of TC surplus
The following letter was published on the Workers’ Party website. SECOND OPEN LETTER TO RESIDENTS OF ALJUNIED-HOUGANG-PUNGGOL EAST TOWN Dear Residents, In my First Open Letter to you in June…
View ArticleAHPETC Chairman’s Review
The following was published on the Workers’ Party website on Monday. THE YEAR IN PERSPECTIVE It is with satisfaction that Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) presents this annual report...
View ArticleJeannette Chong-Aruldoss launches Mountbatten Manifesto
Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss, the Singapore People’s Party (SPP) candidate for Mountbatten SMC, on Monday launched her manifesto for Mountbatten, outlining her plans for the constituency should she be...
View ArticleIndependent candidate, Tan Lam Siong backs out from 3 cornered fight at...
Former National Solidarity secretary general and independent candidate, Tan Lam Siong, has announced on his blog that he will not be contesting Potong Pasir SMC. This means there will not…
View ArticleTwitter sees sharp jump in #GE2015 chatter
The number of tweets including the #GE2015 hashtag spiked the day Parliament was dissolved and the Writ of Election issued, reaching a high of 61 tweets per minute, Twitter revealed…
View Article#GE2015: Top 10 tweets, 24 – 31 August 2015
With news, opinions, comments, satire and jokes everywhere on Twitter, the top 10 tweets of the past week give us a glimpse at what people are talking about when it…
View ArticlePAP candidate’s clenched fist gesture offends and is criticised
At the Raffles Institution Nomination Centre on Tuesday, People’s Action Party (PAP) candidate, Ng Eng Hen, gave a speech after his team had submitted its nomination forms and was declared…
View ArticleFirst-class voters, not first-world parliament: GE2015 panel discussion
By Thian Si Ying The SMU Apolitical team held a book launch event on 31 August for its second publication titled “A Guide to General Elections in Singapore (GE 2015…
View ArticleHelp build a balanced Parliament: Low Thia Khiang
The Workers’ Party’s Secretary-General, Low Thia Khiang, has urged Singaporeans to help build a balanced Parliament. Mr Low made the call in a message posted on the WP website on…
View Article#GE2015 Day 1 Diary: TOC volunteers share impressions of Nomination Day
Singaporeans volunteering for The Online Citizen during the general election period spread out across the country on Tuesday to be present at all nine primary schools designated to be nomination…
View ArticleLawrence Wong revives old accusations against Chee
In a Channel Newsasia forum on television on Tuesday night, just hours after candidates for the general election had filed their nomination papers, a People’s Action Party (PAP) candidate unsheathed…
View ArticleBalakrishnan should look at his party’s own track record: SDP’s Dr Chee
By Rachel Zeng Photo Credit: Timothy Lai The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) held a press conference on Wednesday morning, 2 September, to respond to Dr Vivian Balakrishnan’s criticisms of SDP’s…
View ArticleChen Show Mao delights crowd in making fun of Goh Chok Tong’s fable
Workers’ Party’s Chen Show Mao responded to Goh Chok Tong’s comparison of the opposition to the fable of the rooster that crows when the sun rises. “The rooster goes around claiming…
View Article#GE2015 Day 2 Diary: Of gender equality fails and rallies
Twitter monitoring All seats will be in Tweets related to #GE2015 spiked over 15,000 on Nomination Day, Twitter reported on Wednesday. The Workers’ Party was the most mentioned on Twitter,…
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