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Sear Hock Rong Newly elected Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC (Eunos Division), Mr Pritam Singh from the Workers’ Party (WP) wrote a note in response to a Straits Times article yesterday. He highlighted the perception of an unhealthy connection between People’s Association (PA) grassroots organisations... 

According to Shin Min Daily News, more than 30 police officers, several sniffer dogs, five police cars and four Special Operations Command riot vehicles were activated to search for a man who had a warrant of arrest against him for failing to attend court for parking offences. The paper reported that the man, known only... 

Trafficking in Persons Report 2011 Singapore is a destination country for women and girls subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically forced prostitution, and for some migrant workers in conditions that may be indicative of forced labor. Foreign workers make up over one-third of Singapore’s total labor force. Migrating... 

Hi Guys, I just saw a friend today who told me that his GLC company employed only one Singaporean – himself, in a department of 20 programmers. He told me that they are cheap and that the department head is an Indian national. He is fortunate to be hired as they need him to do some sensitive government-related work. After... 

The financial services industry in Singapore is becoming one of the biggest employers of Indian ‘talent’, thanks to the PAP regime’s ultra-liberal and unthinking labor policies. According to Prem Xavier Raj, the Market Head of ANZ Bank Singapore, with the emergence of Singapore as one of the key banking... 

For their JC 1 Project Work, a group of Pioneer Junior College students have come up with a creative and innovative way to achieve smaller class size in schools. Noticing that their school hall is used only sparingly, usually for the school assembly, and is empty most of the day, they suggested that the hall be partitioned... 

The SDP’s Community Services Subcommittee is training volunteers to assess the needs of low-income Singaporeans so that we can draw up a program of action to assist them. Last week, more than 50 members and volunteers attended a session in which they were trained to conduct a survey that would provide the party the... 

It is a gross distortion to assist newer MPs or less popular ones to come under the umbrella of a Minister. Singapore’s system of Government is modelled on the British system – the Westminster. The GRC scheme is begining to show cracks with the victory of the WP in Aljunied – with Marine Parade GRC, Bishan-Toa Payoh... 

PAP supreme leader Lee Kuan Yew may have relinquished his position as the Minister Mentor, but he still has up to four people working under him in the Prime Minister’s Office according to the official Singapore government directory website: [Source: Singapore government directory] Though he has no official positions... 

Presidential hopeful Tan Kin Lian admits that he has encountered ‘difficulties’ in raising funds for his election campaign as the donations have been ’slow’ in coming. In an email interview with the state media, Mr Tan wrote that several companies and individuals that he approached for the campaign...