Japan requests Singapore to review restriction of food imports from Fukushima
It has been reported by Japanese media, Jiji press that Mr Moriyama Hiroshi, Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister has requested a review on the restriction of food imports from...
View ArticlePM Lee Hsien Loong expresses shock over the news of Jakarta bombings
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has expressed his shock and dismay over by news of the bomb attacks in Jakarta on Thursday, 14 January. In his Facebook post, he added, ““We all are grieving...
View ArticleSingapore congratulates DPP on their victory with emphasis on its “One China”...
In response to media queries on the elections in Taiwan on 16 January 2016, the Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesman said: “We welcome the successful conclusion of the elections in Taiwan...
View ArticleSDP calls for immediate release of Sembcorp Marine’s and Keppel’s financial...
The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) calls for the immediate release of Sembcorp Marine’s and Keppel’s financial status after learning that Sembcorp Industries might inject funds into its subsidiary...
View ArticleProf Shih Choon Fong – Turning local businesses into global leaders
Professor Shih Choon Fong from the National University of Singapore has proposed that Singapore government should look at the creation of “launchpads” outside of Singapore to allow Singaporean...
View ArticleFormer Solicitor-General, Francis Seow dies at the age of 88
Former Solicitor-General, Law Society president and ISA detainee, Francis Seow has died at the age of 88. The news of Mr Seow passing was first announced by Dr Chee Soon Juan, Secretary-General of the...
View ArticleFormer NTUC chairman and PAP MP, Phey Yew Kok sentenced to 60 months...
Former NTUC chairman and former People’s Action Party MP Phey Yew Kok, 81, has been sentenced to 60 months or 5 years of imprisonment on Friday after pleading guilty to 12 charges against him. The...
View ArticleElevator door half-closed and still operating at Pasir Ris-Punggol town council
Elevator not operating? A troubling experience for many residents who live in the high-rise buildings of modern day. But what about a half-operating elevator that operates while its doors are not...
View ArticleNew Zealand teenager to serve national service in Singapore or face jail-time...
In a report by Stuff.co.nz, it is said that Singapore authorities has demanded a New Zealand teenager to turn up for his pre-service medical check-up or face jail terms, or fines. Brandon Smith, 19,...
View ArticleERP rates to be increased at 5 gantries from 1 Feb
Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced on Monday that the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates at three gantries on the Ayer Rajah Expressway and two gantries at the Pan-Island Expressway will be...
View ArticleLTA to tighten technical requirements for PABs from 1 February
With effect from 1 February. the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will tighten the technical requirements for power-assisted bicycles (PABs) and impose stricter penalties for those who sell and use...
View ArticleSDP: Reform, not adjust, the election system
The Singapore Democratic Party has issued its statement in response to the proposed changes to the electoral system made by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Parliament today (27 January). In its...
View Article99.7% of jobs created in 2015 went to foreigners
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) released its preliminary report on Thursday, announcing an increase of 31,800 or 0.9% jobs created in 2015, the lowest year-on-year growth since 2003. Out of the 31,800...
View ArticleSingapore civil society responds to Universal Periodic Review
Note: The writer is a member of We Believe in Second Chances, an anti-death penalty group that is part of the Alliance of Like-Minded Civil Society Organisations in Singapore (ALMOS). The human rights...
View ArticleHOME responds to Singapore’s claim of happy migrant workers at UPR
By Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME) A delegation of Singapore government officials arrived in Geneva this week to participate in the Universal Periodic Review, a human rights...
View ArticleSAYONI: Vicious cycle of pretence on discrimination of LGBTQ in Singapore
SAYONI, a local non-government organisation, remarked that the Singapore government has not shown a willingness to address the daily discrimination and violence against LGBTQ persons perpetuated and...
View ArticleSingapore exile, Tan Wah Piow writes to AGC asking for convictions in 1975...
Singapore exile, Tan Wah Piow has sent a letter to the Attorney-General Chambers (AGC) office asking for the convictions in 1975 against him and another two individuals to be quashed in view of the...
View ArticleLee Li Lian shows how helpless she would be if she took up an NCMP position
In a Facebook post on Saturday, Workers’ Party candidate for Punggol East SMC in the General Election 2015, Lee Li Lian spoke out on the issue of the Non-constituency Member of Parliament seat that had...
View ArticleWorkers’ Party’s position NCMP sound
By Ng Kok Lim I refer to the 30 Jan 2016 Straits Times report “Party’s transfer of vacant seat a political manouevre: PAP MPs”. Spirit of NCMP scheme While the spirit of the Non-constituency Member of...
View Article14-year-old jumps to his death after unaccompanied police interrogation
Fourteen-year-old Benjamin Lim Jun Hui was found dead late Tuesday. He had apparently jumped off a ledge outside his 14th-floor flat in Yishun. Family and friends are still trying to make sense of the...
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