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It was reported by Yahoo! News (‘I took responsibility for Mas Selamat affair: DPM Wong’) on 25 Apr that Wong Kan Seng owned up and apologised for the escape of terror leader Mas Selamat Kastari. DPM Wong told the local media, “Of course, the first mistake cannot be obliterated; it was there, I owned up... 

Today (26 April 2011) is the eve of Nomination Day for GE 2011. I have mixed feelings within me. Looking back, this is the 10th anniversary of my involvement in partisan politics. However, if I look deeper to my consciousness, the seed of political activism has been planted into me 20 to 30 years back. Reading MM Lee’s... 

Last week I wrote an article published under “A Soldier, his mother and foreign talentl”. It was like putting my frustration on pen on the FT issue and hoping to get answers. It was a futile attempt.  To rub it in, today I read in the ST quoting Dr Khaw “Ground Less sweet” with pictures of him posing with an... 

PRESS RELEASE 26/04/2011 The Reform Party Response to the Straits Times article by Huang Lijie dated 23rd April 2011 entitled: “Reform Party’s close call with GE Paperwork”. The report was incorrect when it was mentioned that there were nine candidates filling in forms. Mr. Alex Tan and Mr. Jay of the Singapore’s... 

You guys (PAP) were once my heroes. When I was young, I was so proud that I had a government that was indeed one of the world’s best, if not, THE BEST. Although LKY was (and still is) portrayed as a fearsome, if ruthless leader, he was much respected. When he appeared as our PM on the world stage, my heart never failed... 

The Reform Party (RP) has confirmed that it will be sending an “alliance team” to contest Ang Mo Kio GRC in the coming election, slated for 7th May 2011. Alex Tan (SPP), one of the potential candidates told The Temasek Review (TR) that the Ang Mo Kio GRC team will comprise of candidates “on loan”... 

Dear PM Lee, I refer to the 6 Apr 2011 Straits Times report on why Singapore cannot afford to have a bad PM. No Singaporean would want a bad PM. But there is no basis to say that the democratic elections of the US have a greater chance of churning out bad presidents compared to the tracking system in China. The US has had... 

If 29.3% votes translating to 2.38% (two out of 84 MP seats) of parliament was not a Freak Election in 2006, I don’t know what is. There is a real possibility that the opposition could win 49% votes, and still remain with two seats, granting the PAP political mandate with more than the necessary simple majority of parliament... 

I could no longer tolerate the silence of our local artists who are unwilling to speak up when they knew the “truth” behind our misunderstood industry. What is the truth regarding our local Animation industry, you ask? The truth is… our local industry… is dying. Dying from foreign competition from giants. Dying... 

Please kind Sirs, do listen to me, I’ve got some questions and some simple pleas You govern the land saying everything’s as it should, but somehow, somewhere, things aren’t all good Please kind Sirs, remember 1965, Our citizens then helped to stay and fight. They built a nation, with blood sweat and tears. But...