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The PAP’s much maligned “FT sports policy” has come under fire from even our neighbors across the Causeway. During a parliamentary session on Monday, Senator Datuk Nor Hayati Onn mooted the idea of recruiting “imports” from other countries like the PAP to represent Malaysia in sports. Her suggestion... 

Vui Kong, a Malaysian youth is languishing in death row since 2007 awaiting hanging after Singapore’s judiciary found him guilty of possessing heroin weighing 47 grams. (Counsel hold out hope for youth on death row, TR – 16th June 2010) His family, particularly his brother Yun Leong and sister Vui Fung [picture... 

The ongoing internal conflict within the Singapore People’s Party took another abrupt turn lately when it was reported in the Chinese evening daily Lianhe Wanbao that beleaguered Assistant Secretary-General Desmond Lim Bak Chuan will be barred from meeting Potong Pasir residents. The decision was apparently made by... 

The writer Anonymous Coward compared Singaporeans to the North Koreans. I think he is simply put the typical “Simplistic Ignorance and Gullible Brainwashed Product of LKY” Singaporean himself! Why? ‘Cause N. Koreans have been SHUT IN FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD and has NOT seen Science & Technology at work for the... 

Vietnamese national Huynh Thanh Ha made headlines by stomping on the roof of a taxi early this year and then lying down in the middle of Hougang Avenue 9, causing vehicles to come to a screeching halt. In court on Tuesday, she  pleaded guilty to taking drugs the night before her bizarre behaviour and was jailed six months... 

Lianhe Wanbao, 27 July 2010 詹太以詹时中名义，禁止林目全今后出席接见选民活动！ 消息人士透露，詹太昨天以詹时中名义发出手机简讯，通知林目全今后不必再出席波东巴西的接见选民活动。 林目全证实收到通知。他说：“改选结果出来就要接受，不能因不满而抹杀我过去14年的贡献。即使不许我接见选民，我对党的贡献仍是有目共睹。” 其他反对党：人民党应妥善解决内部矛盾 各反对党都不愿对人民党内讧置评，但表示应解决好内部矛盾，在大选中全力以赴。 人民党爆发内讧，首当其冲的是有意与民主联盟（人民党是主要成员）结合的革新党。 革新党秘书长肯尼思受访时说：“目前未收到民主联盟的回复……反对党要团结，难免要先处理好一些内部问题，这是民主政治的过程，不能操之过急。” Read... 

With reference to the reports where the anti-death penalty campaigner, Ms Rachel Zeng, suspects that she is being harassed and is under surveillance for her activist work, the Young Democrats stands behind her in solidarity and offer her our fullest support for her contributions towards civil society in Singapore. As fellow... 

An increasing desperate PAP is running out of ideas to get apathetic Singaporeans to be “passionate” about the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) which it will host in a month’s time. Despite the inordinate amount of money and resources poured in promote the event including a personal plea from PAP Minister... 

Even before the date of the next general election is announced, the Singapore People Party led by veteran opposition leader Mr Chiam See Tong is reportedly wrecked by intense infighting between Mr Chiam’s wife Lina Loh and his protege Desmond Lim. The SPP held a party conference to elect 14 members to its Central... 

OPINION Background With the ruling PAP losing its support and allegiance among young Singaporeans, a seismic shift in Singapore’s political landscape may occur as early within the next 10 years. The Reform Party should make use of the unique opportunity to posture itself as a government-in-waiting rather than an opposition...