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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…

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Questions 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…

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WP 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...

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Workers’ 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…

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SPP 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…

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Nadine 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…

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Sylvia 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…

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AHPETC 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...

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Jeannette 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...

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Independent 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…

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Twitter 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…

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#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…

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PAP 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…

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First-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…

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Help 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…

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#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…

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Lawrence 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…

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Balakrishnan 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…

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Chen 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…

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#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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