SDA: PAP's "Solution" is Always to Throw Money at or Tax a Problem
We Refer to: Singapore Budget 2015: LTA to consult on wider use of bicycles, personal electric vehicles (ST, Mar 11)First allowed people to bring in electronic bicycles, and proposed to introduce...
View ArticleLow Thia Khiang Calls for Women-Only Train Cabins given Rise in Molest Cases
By MP for Aljunied GRC, Low Thia Khiang [Delivered in Committee of Supply on 11 March 2015]There is a growing trend of molestation on public transport. In 2014, there were 164 reports of molestation;...
View ArticleRavi Philemon: Empowering Civilians to Enforce the Law will not Promote...
I was in Parliament today to hear Mrs Lina Chiam's Speech on the Bill on Community Disputes. An MP who spoke in support of the Bill recounted a case where there was a dispute among neighbours in his...
View ArticleLow Thia Khiang: Do we Really need and Can we Afford a Terminal 5?
By MP for Aljunied GRC, Low Thia Khiang [Delivered in Committee of Supply on 11 March 2015]Changi Airport Terminal 5 (T5) is a huge investment in aviation infrastructure. The initial injection of $3...
View ArticlePAP MP Proposes Joint Consent for One Member of Couple to Withdraw CPF
<Pic Credit: SPH>Stay-at-home mothers play a vital role in nurturing our families, and for many years, PAP women MPs have championed the cause of providing them with more security and...
View ArticleSDP Continues to Knock on Doors for Next GE
Withholding our CPF savings, keeping the cost of living down, ensuring that foreigners don't compete in employment - these are some of the issues that we raised during our weekly house visits.And what...
View Article"They Give Out in Front and then Pluck Back from Behind!”
The SDP visited families living in one-room flats in Marsiling yesterday to spread a message of empowerment and hope to lower-income families.An indication of the difficulties of these families were...
View Article"Better to have anybody else other than Chee Soon Juan"
Thinker, Teacher, Rebel, Why? Portraits of Chee Soon Juan is a new book written by several authors about Dr Chee Soon Juan to counter the decades of PAP smear campaign against the SDP leader.One of the...
View ArticleWeak Exports Confirm We Were Right to Call for A Stimulus Package Last Year
The latest figures for non-oil domestic exports were extremely weak and signal that GDP growth is likely to be weaker than the MAS’s projection for this year of 2-4%. They fell by 9.7% in February...
View ArticleLim Chin Siong vs Lee Kuan Yew: The True and Shocking History
Part I: Our man 08 Jul 07"The men who led Singapore to self-government and independence were swift to produce an authorized version of their struggle…,” historian T N Harper observes, "it began with...
View ArticleSDP: MediShield Life – A Leaky Green Umbrella
The Government has taken a step in the right direction by implementing MediShield Life, a national health insurance scheme that is both universal (covers everybody) and comprehensive (covers all...
View ArticleNSP Statement on Nursing Care for Sick and Elderly Singaporeans
<Pic Credit: Straits Times>NSP Statement on Nursing Care for Sick and Elderly Singaporeans1. The National Solidarity Party (“NSP”) believes in building families with strong ties and a nation with...
View ArticleDr Goh Keng Swee: Architect of Our Economic, Defence and Education Policies
Source: MICA A portrait of Dr Goh, taken during a press conference in 1967 The passing of Dr Goh Keng Swee (1918- 2010), who laid the foundation stones of Singapores economy and defence forces, has...
View ArticlePlease Call for a By-Election in Tanjong Pagar GRC
Dear TRS,Most Singaporeans' eyes are misty from tears after the passing of a most revered leader. As a colossus of a man has just passed leaving an emptiness in our hearts , we should not forget the...
View ArticleLow Thia Khiang: SG's Success was not Because of PAP's One Party Rule
Opposition Leader Low Thia Khiang gave a speech today in Parliament during the tribute to Lee Kuan Yew. Speaking in Mandarin, he praised Mr Lee for his achievements but he also reminded the house that...
View ArticleWong Wee Nam: "A Near-Historic Moment"
In his chapter in the bookTeacher, Thinker, Rebel, Why? Portraits of Chee Soon Juan, Dr Wong Wee Nam recounted his effort to bring Mr Chiam See Tong back into the SDP fold:Some time towards the end of...
View ArticleSDA Walkabout in Pasir Ris
SDA Walkabout on 4 April 2015At 9.30am sharp, the SDA team, led by Mr. Desmond Lim Bak Chuan gathered at the coffeeshop at Block 445 Pasir Ris Drive 6 for briefing over breakfast. The members were all...
View ArticleSingFirst’s Inaugural Dinner on 22 Mar 2015
<Pic Credit: SingFirst>SingFirst held its inaugural dinner on 22 Mar 2015 from 7pm to 11pm in Qian Xi Restaurant at Tanjong Katong Complex.We were graced on this very special occasion by leaders...
View ArticleSDP at IPS Forum: We Need Political Change
<Pic Credit: YourSDP.Org>Professor Paul Tambyah and Dr Chee Soon Juan spoke last week at a closed-door session at the Institute of Policy Studies' (IPS) Glass Tank Conversation series.The two SDP...
View ArticleTan Chuan-Jin: I Try to be Blunt with Residents Rather than Scoring Political...
One of the longer evenings at MPS for some time.1) Had spent quite a lot of time trying to explain to a lady why I felt her appeal didn't have strong grounds. We often ask for waiver or appeal for...
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