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Acting Minister for Community, Youth and Sports Major-General (MG) Chan Chun Sing has called on Singaporeans to change their ‘mindset’ in their attitude towards marriage. Speaking on the sidelines of a Family Day carnival yesterday, MG Chan said that while the government can drive a pro-family environment, it... 

For over two decades, Dr Tony Tan oversaw university education as its Minister-in-charge. In the late 1990s, the Singapore government convened a panel, under the direction of DPM Dr Tony Tan to re-examine university admission criteria. One of the pressing problems seen by the government at the time was that Singapore’s... 

Former government scholar Ms Hazel Poa has been elected as the new Secretary-General of the National Solidarity Party (NSP) at the party’s ordinary party congress held today. Ms Hazel Poa is the second woman to helm a major political party after Workers Party Chairwoman Sylvia Lim. Ms Poa graduated from Cambridge... 

(A TRE reader, Ralph, first posted his view on the thread, ‘No more foreigner bashing please‘. His posting has also been highlighted on TRE separately – ‘“Angmo”: Foreigners are beneficial for Singapore‘. However, after reading the postings of other TRE readers on the thread, ‘No... 

The Secretary-General of the National Solidarity Party Goh Meng Seng has stepped down from his post and will not be contesting for a seat in the NSP Central Executive Committee. In a posting on his blog, Mr Goh wrote: “I will go into partisan political sabbatical for at least two years.” While he did not elaborate... 

Dear Mr Melvin Singh, Let me start off by saying that I have been a loyal TNP reader ever since I was 12 years old. My father had brought home the paper one day and I fell in love with it. The New Paper had sparked my interest in the English language and till today, I’m 28 now, I’m forever grateful to it. The... 

Cynthia Phua Hi, just want to bring your attention to a posting of a picture by PAP’s Cynthia Phua on the Aljunied GRC Facebook page, under which she commented “Aljunied GRC Cynthia Phua: At least this tender care n commitment rewards, a beautiful bunch of lovely orchid flowers.” Note that her comment... 

Singaporeans stupid!" According to an entry on STOMP, a foreign mother who held up the queue for a kid’s ride at the mall and refusing to pay for it has called Singaporeans “stupid”. Relating the incident, the STOMPer said: “This foreign mum insisted that she had the right to hog the kid’s... 

With all these talk about MPs/Ministers not wanting to be treated like GOHs at public events, I wonder why FAS had special treatment for its VVIPs Vivian Bala and Zainudin at the Stadium on Friday for the lion cup tournament? Why have a mass entourage to welcome them? Is this needed? If they are there to support the players,... 

All three leading candidates are Tans. They all have gd paper qualifications. Dr Tan Cheng Bock is a medical doctor. Dr Tony Tan has a PhD in Applied Mathematics (he also has a masters from MIT). When Tan Kin Lian qualified as an actuary, I’ve been told, there was only one other actuary here. All three have dedicated...