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This is what I got from my secondary school days of studying Singapore history: Lee Kuan Yew, when fighting for independence from the British, worked together with the Chinese Communist groups to garner more support and strength. Together, they inspired and motivated an entire nation into calling for the Britishers to allow... 

The severe polarisation of Singapore society over the past few months is frightening and the country needs a unifying figure to bring Singaporeans together again, says aspiring presidential contender Dr Tan Cheng Bock. And that is the role that the former People’s Action Party (PAP) Member of Parliament thinks he... 

At a gathering of friends today at our HQ (coffee shop), someone said with exasperation, “Now then PAP MPs dare open their mouths, and talk about what went wrong in the General Election.” Party-whip notwithstanding, if there were serious concerns affecting the PAP, they should have had the moral courage to speak up. Now... 

25,000 BTO flats will be built this year. And now Boon Wan is saying tens of thousands of rental flats are needed and building of rental flats must also be ramped up. Are these happy problems or manifestation of infested problems in public housing that are surfacing today? With 25,000 being built and the demand is still... 

Netizens are inspired by the success of ‘Black Sunday’ with some volunteering to organize more such ‘civil solidarity’ events in the future. The event was organized by a Singapore businesswoman ‘Mandy Mary’ for Singaporeans to express their unhappiness collectively at the slow pace of... 

Last night (28 May 2011) I attended a dinner at a Chinese restaurant at Jurong Safra organized by the RCs there as a celebration for parents called “Parents Nite”. The Guest Of Honor was supposed to be Mr. Cedric Foo, the elected MP of Pioneer SMC. It cost $30 per head. The dinner started on time and there were comic... 

PAP new housing minister Khaw Boon Wan from Malaysia has vowed to increase the number of of rental flats by ‘ten of thousands’ to plug the housing shortage gap in Singapore during a youth forum at Woodlands Community Club yesterday. “Single mothers, divorcees (may) suddenly have no flat (or) no money to... 

In most First World countries, Member of Parliaments and Ministers are expected to declare their salaries, assets and business interests to the public. Even the Malaysian state of Penang enacted a Freedom of Information Act last year requesting its state officials to do so. One would expect Singapore which is supposedly... 

Huang Yong Jian, Shin Min Daily, 29 May 2011 Netizens started a peaceful ‘protest’ this afternoon at Starbucks cafes islandwide to protest against Tin Pei Ling’s breaching of election laws on ‘cooling off’ day: [Source: Facebook] A netizen by the name of ‘Mandy Mary’ started the... 

According to eye-witnesses, Dr Ng Eng Hen was booed by a small group of spectators at the Airforce Open House yesterday morning for being late. Dr Ng, the newly-minted PAP Defence Minister was the Guest-of-Honor at the event which was supposed to start at 9.30am, but he was late and there was already a large crowd waiting...