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SCMP: Beijing's closed door meeting with Hong Kong tycoons erodes trust
We all know how busy Chinese president Xi Jinping can be, so when he calls for a meeting, it must be top priority. For the richest Hong Kong tycoons, it is unusual to meet Xi in a group meeting,...
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SDP: Our MPs will fight for policies that will make your lives better
Singapore DemocratsThe SDP continued our visits to residents at the Marsiling estate in Sembawang GRC yesterday. We were there to listen to the problems they expressed and also to explain to them the...
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Dr Chee Soon Juan: Criticise if we must but let us also encourage
Much acrimony has emanated from the Return Our CPF protest at Hong Lim Park last Saturday. As complex and difficult as things are, let us focus on what we can all learn from the episode.First, Mr Roy...
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SDP: Let's watch what they say at the next Parliament sitting
Singapore DemocratsMinister of State for Trade and Industry, Mr Teo Ser Luck, chastised Mr Roy Ngerng and Ms Han Hui Hui for frightening the children with special needs during the protest at Hong Lim...
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Communism vs. Socialism
Editor's Note: Socialism, Capitalism and Communism are just ideals. In Singapore and in large parts of the west, communism is often seen to be linked with terrorism or violence as there have been some...
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Goh Meng Seng: Shanmugam doesn't even know the basics about HK-China relations
I refer to: Shanmugam: Hong Kongers should know they are part of China and should respect BeijingTo our very embarrassing LAW and FOREIGN Minister, Shanmugam:Please shut up if you don't really know...
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Australian senator dubbed Sarah Palin after she said: Sharia law 'obviously...
She’s Australia’s answer to Sarah Palin – and then some. Jacqui Lambie might not be the savviest person in Canberra – sharia law, she has confidently asserted, “obviously involves terorrism”. But the...
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Workers’ Party refutes PM Lee’s accusation that they stand for “zero growth”
During a National University of Singapore Society (NUSS) 60th anniversary lecture on Friday, PM Lee commented on many issues and at one point, suggest that the Workers’ Party had been arguing for a...
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SDP sends message of solidarity to Democratic Party of Hong Kong
[Article first appeared on www.YourSDP.org] The Hon. Emily LauMember, Hong Kong Legislative Counciland Chair, Democratic Party of Hong Kong Dear Emily,At this time of great anxiety and turmoil, the...
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How would NSP define the poverty line?
Cartoonist Leslie Chew drew a cartoon exclusively for our last publication of North Star newspaper. Recently, we posted this cartoon on our Facebook. Responding to this Facebook post, a resident of...
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State or Private-Law Society
The Problem of Social OrderAlone on his island, Robinson Crusoe can do whatever he pleases. For him, the question concerning rules of orderly human conduct — social cooperation — simply does not arise....
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Reform Party Secretary-General: PAP MP Alvin Yeo must resign
Background Story: COURT RULES THAT LAWYER, PAP MP ALVIN YEO OVERCHARGED $1 MILLION IN LEGAL FEESI am sure the case of Dr Susan Lim is still in many people’s minds. She was the doctor taken to court by...
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Worker's Party: Parliamentary Questions for 7 October 2014 Sitting
In Parliament this week, WP MPs raise questions on the housing, health, education, unemployment, and COE. QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER**9. Mr Chen Show Mao: To ask the Minister for National Development...
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Debate on Remote Gambling Bill – MP Png Eng Huat
By MP for Hougang SMC, Png Eng Huat[Delivered in Parliament on 7 Oct 2014]Madam Speaker. The internet age has certainly change the way we live, work, and play in every sense. It has brought on a new...
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China Communist Party: 'Western-style democracy can only bring disaster'
Blindly copying Western-style democracy can only bring disaster, an influential mainland Communist Party journal wrote in its latest edition, following more than a week of Hong Kong's pro-democracy...
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Dear TRS, giant worm found in my NTUC brand dark soy sauce!
Dear The Real Singapore,A big fat worm was found in a bottle of NTUC dark sauce that I bought from NTUC.I informed them about this but have yet to receive any calls from them except the store manager...
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2 political parties express desire to cooperate in the next General Elections
Responding to Singaporeans First’s request for a courtesy call to introduce ourselves, the National Solidarity Party invited us to their office in Jalan Besar on Saturday 4 October 2014. There were...
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Lim Hng Kiang: Poor S'poreans remain poor because they spend more than they earn
Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang explained in parliament that the poorest 20% of households in Singapore are spending more than they are earning.Shockingly, 25% of these poor households...
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Debate on Remote Gambling Bill – NCMP Yee Jenn Jong
By Non-Constituency MP, Yee Jenn Jong[Delivered in Parliament on 7 Oct 2014]The Rise of Remote GamblingMadam Speaker, online gambling is increasingly becoming a problem, both globally and in...
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Debate on Remote Gambling Bill – MP Pritam Singh
By MP for Aljunied GRC, Pritam Singh[Delivered in Parliament on 7 Oct 2014]IntroductionThis Bill comes four years after the Singapore Academy of Law’s Law Reform Committee released a report on online...
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