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Singapore and LKY- Darlings of Western Think Tanks. (at a price)
While Singaporeans may long ago have lost their admiration and affection for Lee Kuan Yew and the Lee family, though not their fear, there is one constituency where LKY’s reputation seems undiminished....
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PAP MP Denise Phua: We should start working to get rid of the Casinos
In Parliament, PAP MP for Moulmein-Kallang GRC, Denise Phua said that it is time for Singapore to reject gambling, in all forms.She asked when Singapore would start to wean itself off the casino...
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Freedom Fest Director accuses M'sia govt of trying to stop the screening of...
PETALING JAYA, Oct 9 — Human rights group Pusat Komunikasi Masyarakat (Komas) accused Putrajaya today of trampling on civil rights by allegedly pressuring it into cancelling its screening of the banned...
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SDP: This is what happens when we do cut-and-paste policy-making
In his 1997 National Day Rally, then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong pointed out that Singapore needed more undergraduate students. He said: “In fact, we are short of students who can meet the entry grade...
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Opposition parties must be bold for Singaporeans’ sake
By now, PAP’s foreigner influx policy touching on all areas in SG has one way or another upset so many S’poreans, they are yearning for a true alternative government to lead SG. However, a big picture...
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Debate on Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Amendment) Bill
[Article first appeared on Mr Yee Jenn Jong personal blog page here.]I delivered the following speech in Parliament on 8 October 2014.Madam Speaker, I wish to declare that I run businesses that offer...
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SDP: Singapore needs to take responsibility and lead the region in 'green'...
Clarence Dorai & Sarah Sidek | YourSDP.orgRecord temperatures, droughts, wildfires, floods, melting polar caps all drive home the need for urgent action on climate change.This was the conversation...
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Tan Chuan Jin: We do not want to make degrees too easy to get in Singapore
This morning, a dramatic headline caught my eye. “More Grads Suffer Underemployment” on pg A3 of The Straits Times.I was rather concerned. Did something happen? We have been watching this space and...
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Singapore, Malaysia: Mahathir Mohamad versus Lee Kuan Yew
Through his blog, former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad responded to the comments of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew about the race relations and ‘racist politics’ in...
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Dr Chee Soon Juan to speak at IBA conference in Tokyo
Singapore DemocratsDr Chee Soon Juan has been invited to speak at this year's International Bar Association's (IBA) Rule of Law Symposium in Tokyo on 24 October.He is one of two speakers in the session...
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Court hearing starts for the case of the alleged unlicensed fair held by WP...
Workers’ Party Chairman Sylvia Lim was in court today as the court hearing into the case of the WP run town council allegedly holding an unlicensed trade fair started.Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town...
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Will the real exiles please stand up?
Who is an exile? What is an exile? Is an exile someone who cannot return to his/her country because he/she will face injustice? Is an exile someone who doesn't want to return because he/she does not...
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Malaysia Minister admits that Malaysia don't have the power to control Facebook
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Communication and Multimedia minister admitted today that his ministry was powerless to control Facebook because most users did not use their real names when registering for...
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Dr Lim Hock Siew -- A Man Who Never Backed Down From His Ideals
Note by Teo Soh Lung“Now some of you may have heard that when you are young you are idealistic, when you're old you are realistic. Now this is the kind of rubbish that is used by those who have either...
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UK Prime Minister says Britain should stand up for Hong Kong rights
(Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday Britain should stand up for the rights of people in Hong Kong, a former British colony, after more than two weeks of protests over Chinese...
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NCMP Yee Jenn Jong: Greater push needed for Student Care sector
[Article first appeared on http://yeejj.wordpress.com]The following is an article which I had written for the Workers’ Party Hammer newsletter that was published several months ago. I am reproducing...
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Tan Jee Say: After 55 years, the World's Ultimate Political Prize still...
With Prof Lundestad, Director of Nobel Institute in Oslo, in the Nobel Committee Room where a committee of 6 sits to decide on the winner. A painting of the founder Alfred Nobel is in the background...
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Johor delegate: Malays must remember they are also immigrants from Indonesia
KUALA LUMPUR — All the three key races that form Malaysia’s majority — the Malays, Chinese and Indians — are immigrants or “pendatangs”, even though the Malays, as the country’s dominant ethnic group,...
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ISMA: Chinese have always bullied Malays in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 — An analyst from Islamist group Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) suggested today that ethnic Malays have always been “bullied” since colonial times by non-Malays, especially ethnic...
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Founder of Animal Rights Group ACRES, Louis Ng, Joins The PAP
Founder of Animal Rights group ACRES, Louis Ng, updated his facebook page this evening announcing that he has joined politics under the banner of the People's Action Party.Read his full status here:AM...
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