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Two PAP heavyweight ministers lost their seats in the PAP CEC during the party’s annual congress last Sunday. They were National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan and Education Minister Ng Eng Hen who were members of the previous CEC. Minister of Community, Youth and Sports Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, who was heavily criticized... 

Speaking at the PAP annual congress last Sunday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong claimed that the PAP has enough “talents” to form the “nucleus” of next generation leaders for Singapore. PM Lee added that it is “critical not just for the party but also for Singapore” as the country’s... 

作者:吴明盛 译者:李显涛 这句口号对我们来说当然是老生常谈，行动党已经使用了牛年马月，最近又再浮上台面。 革新党的肯尼斯对“奇哉怪异的选举结果”有个很好的反驳：“如果是人民的选择，怎么会是奇哉怪异的呢？” 是的，行动党怎么可以这样想呢？如果人民选择反对党来取代人民行动党，就是“奇哉怪异”？集体的意志怎么可以轻易地解读为“奇哉怪异”呢？ 于是，有些行动党的拥趸就把意思改一改，他们说把那些人格有缺陷的“怪异”反对党人物带进国会，就是“奇哉怪异的选举结果”。好像很有道理，慢着……为什么群众会有要把“怪异”的人格缺陷者选进国会的念头呢？那么行动党拥趸又要把这堆人称为什么呢？ 世界上实行民主的国度，政治人物输了选举就一鞠躬下台，在感谢他的支持者的同时，也尊重人民的选择。无论选举出来的结果看来有多“不公正”。[以下网址]就是台湾民进党主席在昨天（27-11-2010）输了选举后的“失败感言”。 我们反对党从来没有提出“奇哉怪异的选举结果”的说法，虽然我们知道很多人投行动党是出于恐惧。我们可以输掉大选，但是我们不能输掉我们的人格。从不怪罪选... 

UPR: What’s Next for Singapore NGOs   Several Singapore non-governmental organisations (NGOs) submitted either individual or joint reports towards the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in early November 2010. This public forum hosted by Singaporeans For Democracy (SFD) brings together some of these UPR stakeholders... 

Gandhi Ambalam The Straits Times has apologized to Mr Gandhi Ambalam for an erroneous report published on 20 Nov 10 that said that Mr Ambalam is a bankrupt and barred from standing for the GE. This is not true. Under the “What it should have been” column, the newspaper said sorry to the SDP chairman. What it... 

In the aftermath of the Jonathan Wong child porn scandal, the Ministry of Education (MOE) has been hit by another sex scandal again, this time involving a 25 year old teacher who was charged in court for having sex with a 15 year old school girl. The teacher cannot be named to protect the identity of the minor. Channel... 

Dear Straits Times,   I refer to the letter by Mr Benjamin Chiang dated 4 Nov 2010.   Mr Chiang spoke about the many precious things that are worth defending without realising that they can’t be defended without first defending the people’s rightful position as the masters of this land, masters over the servant... 

Yaacob Ibrahim The Minister of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim and Ministry of Education have decided to stop Madrasah Wak Tanjong from recruiting primary 1 pupils from 2012 onwards. Though this is mentioned in the CNA article, the headlines of the article was about how pleased Yaacob Ibrahim is with madrasahs’ performance... 

Author: Au-Chen ToShan Our sovereign wealth funds were built from the diligence of its citizens over the decades. They grew as Singapore grew. Even after huge losses from poorly timed investments, those funds currently hold about S$500 billion or S$230,000 per adult citizen. It has been 17 years since the late President... 

Lim Boon Heng PAP Lim Boon Heng is expecting a “stronger” electoral battle for the ruling party in the coming general election widely expected to be called early next year. Speaking during a PAP event which was (strangely) given extensive coverage by the supposedly non-partisan state media, Mr Lim attributed...