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Former top cops, editor call for the return of preventive laws
Putrajaya’s decision to repeal preventive laws after bowing to public pressure is a mistake as it did not take into account the void it would leave in law enforcement, a forum heard today.The...
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Former NMP Zulkifli: Muslims in Singapore should stop expecting others to...
At a forum on Wednesday, former NMP Zulkifli Baharudin said that Muslims in Singapore should make more effort to compromise and integrate instead of expecting others to accormmodate their religious...
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Why did the PAP change its healthcare position?
Recently, the Straits Times reported that the healthcare policy changes announced by PM Lee Hsien Loong are "significant”. The newspaper said: "The extension of MediShield into MediShield Life is...
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Minister Tan: Glad to see increase in local employment
What are our objectives? To re-cap: We need to ensure we have quality and good growth so that jobs and opportunities can continue to be generated for our people. But at the same time, we are aware that...
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Ng Eng Hen: S’pore must grow economy to take better care of all S’poreans
Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said Singapore must grow its economy in order to take better care of all Singaporeans in housing, medical care and education.Dr Ng said the country can achieve a new way...
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Parliamentary Questions for 16 September 2013 Sitting
QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER BY THE WORKER'S PARTY* *2. Mr Pritam Singh: To ask the Prime Minister in light of the discovery of used election ballot boxes that were not disposed of in a proper manner who...
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‘My Side of History’ by Malayan Communist Party leader Chin Peng
This book is important from a number of points of view. The author was the leader of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), which he joined as a 15-year old schoolboy, and which played an important role...
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MP Hri Kumar criticises LTA over latest COE tweak
The question on most lips following the latest tweak to the COE system is whether it will lower COE prices for Category A cars.That is no doubt LTA’s intention. But it must know that price is largely...
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Democrats cover more ground at Holland-BT GRC
We reported a couple of weeks ago that SDP members had visited the Toh Yi housing estate in Holland-Bukit Timah GRC. The party was back in the constituency, this time calling on residents in the Bukit...
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Chan Chun Sing: No offence committed in ballot box incident
In Parliament today (16 Sep), WP MP Pritam Singh posed the following question to PM Lee with regard to the recent incident when empty ballot boxes were found in a school’s store room:To ask the Prime...
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PAP MP Indranee: Private Tuition is not necessary in SG Education System
The private tuition industry came under the spotlight in Parliament yesterday as several Members of Parliament (MPs) raised questions on how to retain teachers in the Education Service. These teachers...
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Foreign policy cannot be used to push a political agenda
Foreign policy should not be used to push a political agenda. This is what Bilahari Kausikan, the former Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said yesterday at a conference marking Lee Kuan Yew's...
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Empty ballot boxes: conveniently dismissed as ‘not a lapse’
There are two troubling aspects about Mr Chan Chun Sing’s reply in Parliament yesterday to Mr Pritam Singh’s question on the empty ballot boxes found in a school two years after the 2011 presidential...
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Minister Heng Swee Kiat: Lee Kuan Yew is a man of conviction
The first time I met Mr Lee Kuan Yew in person was in March 1997, when he interviewed me for the job of Principal Private Secretary (PPS). His questions were fast and sharp. Every reply drew even more...
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Australia’s new PM: We will be a problem-solving government
Tony Abbott was sworn in as Australia’s new prime minister on Wednesday and immediately ordered the scrapping of the nation’s carbon tax and the halting of asylum-seeker boats.The 55-year-old...
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Why didn't Berita Harian report on SDP Malay paper?
Berita Harian (BH), the only Malay-language newspaper run by the Singapore Press Holdings, failed to report on the SDP's policy paper A Singapore for All Singaporeans: Addressing the Concerns of the...
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PM Lee: We need new leaders to win the votes of the younger Singaporeans
PM Lee Hsien Loong said this week that both Singapore and Malaysia may need new leaders who can fulfil the aspirations of younger voters. He was responding to questions at the Istana on Tuesday about...
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Khaw didn’t want to reveal no. of owners evicted from HDB flats
During the Parliamentary sitting on 11 Nov, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan revealed that 335,000 households still have an outstanding HDB loan. 5% or 16,300 of these households are in...
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PAP’s selective multiculturalism fosters discrimination
The recent public discussion surrounding the use of hijab is not a new one but one that surfaced time and time again in Singapore, highlighting an issue that has yet to be resolved.The continued...
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Reform Party Condemns Heavy-Handed Police Response to Peaceful Gathering
Reform Party condemns the heavy-handed arrest by the police of 15 individuals on 5 November. From press reports published on 12 November they appear to be have been doing little more than wearing red...
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