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Singapore’s Constitution Part IV (14) upholds every citizens’ freedom of expression. And by ‘every’, the range includes all citizens from top to the bottom, from the father of modern Singapore Lee Kuan Yew to the aunties who work as cleaners at food-courts. At the same time, there is chapter (14)... 

The recent police investigations into one of Singapore’s leading socio political blog “The Online Citizen” (TOC) has sparked an outcry among netizens. Mr Andrew Loh, the Chief Editor of TOC admitted lately on his blog that it was put on “hiatus” two weeks ago because he has been questioned... 

OPINION The famous American writer Napolean Hill once wrote: “Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.” What he meant is that there is usually a correlation between the amount of responsibility one has and his/her renumeration. In other words, we should expect leaders who are... 

Beleaguered PAP minister Shanmugam has lashed out at SMRT for the security lapse at its depot which rocked the entire nation two weeks ago. On 17 May 2010, two foreigners slipped completely undetected into a SMRT depot at Changi and sprayed graffiti on the carriage of a train. The security breach was not detected until... 

I am a Singaporean who subsribes to Starhub cable TV at home. I feel that the Singaporean TV media is so childish for not allowing Singaporeans to watch the World Cup in peace.  Even in Channel News Asia when highlights of the matches are shown, goals are only shown in the form of photographs. Even though the training... 

Three days after the unfortunate flooding at Orchard Road which shocked the entire nation and caused millions of dollars in losses and damages, the PAP Minister of Environment and Water Resource Yaacob Ibrahim finally made an “appearance” not to apologize, but to commend his subordinates for their “response”... 

Living up to its reputation as the “nation-building” press, the Sunday Times published another lop-sided article today to promote the agenda of its political master, the ruling PAP. Half a page was taken up with an article about a 85 year old doorman Mr Chu Chee Ong at the Rendezvous Hotel, in Bras Basah Road. It... 

Baby Bonus Scheme The Baby Bonus Scheme was introduced on April 2001 to help lighten the financial burden of raising children in Singapore in order to boost its declining birth rates. The latest enhancements on 17 August 2008 extended increased benefits to the first and second child and benefits to Singapore citizen children... 

Agence France-Presse, 19 June 2010 Victims of Australia’s deadly 2009 firestorm have launched legal action against a Singapore power firm alleging poorly-maintained electrical wires sparked the blaze, reports said Saturday. Lawyers representing almost 600 people lodged a class action in Victoria’s Supreme Court... 

In a tense press conference yesterday, PUB CEO Khoo Teng Chye admitted that they were caught “off guard” by Orchard Road flooding on Thursday which caused million in losses and damage, but stop short of offering an apology as according to the unique Singapore culture of never saying sorry for mistakes made. “We...