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The usually meek opposition MP Low Thia Kiang has launched a tirade against PAP MP Grace Fu for “misleading Singaporeans to believing that the PAP Government is fair to all town councils.” Ms Fu told the media last Sunday that the recently released Town Council Management Report which gave the two opposition... 

Barely less than a year has passed and Bukit Timah is hit by “freak” floods again which occurred “once in fifty years” according to PAP Minister of Environment Yaacob Ibrahim. This time, not only Bukit Timah, but parts of Singapore’s prime shopping district Orchard Road is flooded as well with... 

Chosun Ilbo, 16 June 2010 North Korea operates 40,000 special forces troops, including the 11th or “Storm” Corps whose mission is to infiltrate South Korea and create havoc in case of war. It also has around 10,000 naval special forces and around 5,000 air force soldiers who can cross the border if a war breaks... 

Following the footsteps of Senior Pastor Rony Tan who was hauled up for investigations by the Internal Security Department (ISD) a few months ago for mocking the Buddhist faith during a sermon, another pastor from the New Creation Church is now implicated over a sermon made in 2008 that mocks Taoist beliefs. The sermon... 

An irate Singaporean by the name of Jeff Pang has written to the Straits Times Forum today chiding Straits Times’ Senior Correspondent Chua Mui Loong for her commentary published last Saturday titled “A city that never fails? Better a safe-to-fail city.” In the aftermath of the shocking security lapse... 

OPINION The security lapse at a SMRT depot which saw two foreigners entering it and spraying graffiti on a train completely undetected has shocked the entire nation, leaving Singaporeans to wonder what the outcome might be had the intruders been terrorists instead. The incident took place on 17 May 2010, but a police report... 

Singapore has seen a massive influx of foreigners in recent years, mostly lured in by the promise of (by the standards of the countries they come from) high-paying jobs. The country’s population has now swelled to over five million, 36% of whom are foreigners. This has resulted in a host of social problems, ranging from... 

Under-fire Potong Pasir MP Chiam See Tong has written a letter to the Straits Times Forum to defend his track record in managing Potong Pasir. A series of negative press reports lately has cast doubts on Mr Chiam’s ability to manage the ward which was first won by him during the 1984 general election. A self-proclaimed... 

With only two months to go to Singapore’s first ever Youth Olympic Games, the response from the ground remains lacklustre so far. As such, the PAP is spending taxpayers’ monies to promote YOG in the HDB heartlands. YOG banners have been put up across all estates in Singapore. Students are encouraged or coerced... 

Whoever wrote the article for the Temasek Review is not of importance. He could be a mercenary writer or someone who had been deceived into believing that ‘the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence’. Before proceeding, I would like to correct the writer’s oversight, “Lee’s ruling PAP has won 10...