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Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 23 Apr 2011 letter by Mr Ang Kok Thiam. Mr Ang accuses the Workers’ Party of asking the wrong questions and of proposing simplistic and ill-considered solutions because he feels that the solutions are detrimental to existing home owners. Average HDB resale prices have shot up by... 

The most refreshing piece of news that comes out of the Nomination excercise today is the show of unity by the opposition parties to avoid three-cornered contests and to have straight fights with the PAP in all 14 GRCs and 11 SMCs. The only set-back is in the Punggol East SMC where there is a three-cornered contest... 

I need your urgent advice about employing a maid. As a busy mother, I need someone reliable to help out at home. My maid is from Profits Agency Pte (PAP) and she has worked for me for a long time. Her mother worked for my parents and did an excellent job, so I had faith in her. For several years her performance has been... 

尊敬的父亲 母亲 阿公 阿嬤 2006年后开始建赌场，创造30000个工作，PAP算是对自己有交代了，快快把自己的新水从1百万加到3百万.今年新水又加了3成，花红8个月. PAP没向你们交代的是, 这30000工作是要你们的孩子, 孙子去赌场工作, 学的是赌钱. 你说孩子的前途就这样完蛋了.... 

Shanmugam said, ‘…what the WP wants is the power in Parliament to block constitutional amendments and money Bills, as an interim step. The ultimate goal is of taking over the govt.’ Is there anything wrong with both objectives? It is exactly for the first objective that the people must support the WP and the opposition.... 

With the elections round the corner and the PAP doing its same old song and dance routine by mysteriously appearing after 5 years in hibernation and spreading fear by making the oppositions parties look like some horror story, the PAP has to remember that Singaporeans have seen “this movie” one too many times. Well... 

The much awaited contest in Tanjong Pagar GRC fails to materialize as a team of independents intending to stand there was disqualified for handing in their nomination forms late. The team was to include Socialist Front chairman Ng Teck Siong and Singapore Democratic Alliance assistant secretary-general Nazem Suki. Their... 

The biggest shock on Nomination Day lies not in the record number of seats being contested, but in WP Chief Low Thia Kiang’s decision to leave his stronghold of Hougang to contest in Aljunied GRC which has taken many Singaporeans by surprise. In an interview with Channel News Asia, Mr Low admitted that the risk is... 

Despite the Election Department’s proclaimation that PAP candidate for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC Sim Ann is qualified to stand for the coming election and the Civil Service’s subsequent ‘clarification’ that she has left the service, the controversy continues to rage on in cyberspace. When filing their nomination papers... 

Hougang MP Low Thia Kiang has thrown caution against the wind by leaving his stronghold of Hougang to contest in Aljunied GRC. The others in the team are chairman Sylvia Lim, corporate lawyer Chen Show Mao, Pritam Singh, a postgraduate law student, and Muhamad Faisal Manap, a freelance counseller. WP Organizing Secretary...