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Sylvia Lim: Town Council Management, What is really at stake?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETOWN COUNCIL MANAGEMENT – WHAT IS REALLY AT STAKEDuring the debate in Parliament on Town Councils on 13 May 2013, Parliament discussed the controversial sale of the Town Council...
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Worker's Party quickly rebuts PAP ministers' false allegations
"WP had raised this issue inside and outside Parliament as it viewed the transaction as jeopardising the public interest. We could not see any justification for the sale to a third party, let alone a...
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PAP MP Dr Teo Ho Pin's response to Ms Sylvia Lim on Town Council Management
Below is Dr Teo Ho Pin's response to Ms Sylvia Lim rebuttal on her previous public statementsRefer to: http://therealsingapore.com/content/sylvia-lim-town-council-management-what-really-stake...
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AIM saga - MND's failure to distinguish politics from policies
Sometime after the last General Election, soon after I agreed to act as the Chief Editor of The Online Citizen, a junior staff from the PAP Government asked if he could meet me in my capacity as head...
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Lim Swee Say: Grassroots leaders are "voice of silent majority"
Singapore’s Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Swee Say said grassroots leaders are the "voice of the silent majority", helping to strengthen ties between the ground and the government.Mr Lim,...
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Town Councils: If it's not broken, don't fix it
After a five-month-and- counting dispute between the PAP and the WP over town council management, I went away thinking that everyone had blood on their hands.And in a way, that's as it should be. What...
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Tan Chuan-Jin: Government can't change the discriminating mindset of employers
Singapore's Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin said the government is not ruling out having anti-discrimination labour laws.At a conference on fair employment practices on Monday, he said...
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Government’s silence on ethnic group’s involvement in politics
In April, the Government accused Mr Nizam Ismail, the former chairman of the Association of Muslim Professionals, of allegedly “[pushing] for racial politics”.In a letter to the Straits Times forum...
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Singapore against tide of universal healthcare
Singapore DemocratsAs the world moves towards universal healthcare, Singapore is being left behind. At the 66th World Health Assembly which is currently taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, the United...
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Malaysia opposition appeal for leniency towards Malaysians protestors in...
By means of a memorandum and a statement, Malaysian opposition politicians yesterday urged the Singapore authorities to show leniency to 21 people arrested for an illegal gathering at the Merlion Park...
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Finland’s ‘rainbow’ coalition govt is a balance of diversity
Picture: Inside the Parliament of Finland with Peter Ostman, chairman of the Christian Democratic Parliamentary Group.Finland has been ruled by coalition governments since independence in 1917, a...
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Who Deserves Our Wealth?
I am very pleased that Jeremy has set out in writing his reasons why he disagrees with my proposal for the privatization of Temasek and GIC and the distribution of shares to Singaporeans. I hope we...
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Too many graduates
Singapore leaders start to talk about the importance of having multiple skills rather than just obtaining a degree.This is the clearest sign yet that the authorities are expecting a sustained period of...
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Employers Must Do the Right Thing
When I read the update from the CPF Board that they have helped to recover some $293 million of CPF arrears (including late payments) for more than 200,000 local workers last year, the numbers stood...
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Halimah Yacob wants more feedback from the Malay Community
Speaker of Parliament, Halimah Yacob, expressed an interest in receiving more feedback from the Malay Community. She said that there are many platforms available to give feedback such as the Our...
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Labour MPs — Time for PAP to relook strategy?
<Pic credit: TodayOnline>Despite the recent high-profile departures of two defeated People’s Action Party (PAP) candidates to the private sector — Mr Ong Ye Kung, 43, and Mr Desmond Choo, 35 —...
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Tan Chuan Jin: Plenty of Job Opportunities for New Graduates
Acting Minister for Manpower, Tan Chuan-Jin, boasted about Singapore’s low youth unemployment rate today (Tuesday) in his speech at the Republic Polytechnic graduation ceremony.He was speaking in front...
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MDA’s new licensing framework may be misused for political reasons
The Media Development Authority of Singapore (www.mda.gov.sg) promotes the growth of globally competitive film, television, radio, publishing, music, games, animation and interactive digital media...
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NSP statement on the new MDA regulation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENSP: New Internet Media Regulation a Step Backwards May 29 2013,SingaporeThe National Solidarity Party (NSP) is deeply concerned by the Media Development Authority's (MDA)...
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Government made official changes to the Broadcasting
The Government has made changes to the Broadcasting Act, posting a notice on the Government Gazette today (May 29).The amendments come after the announcement yesterday of a new licensing regime for...
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