TR EMERITUS

In my previous post [link], I have stated PAP’s intentions when they first set up the Elected Presidency system. I have also stated that back in 2008, I decided to turn the table around and try to beat PAP at their own game and rules. That is why I approached Mr. Tan Kin Lian. But why Tan Kin Lian? I have known Kin... 

Labour and CPF issues which are seldom reported in the PAP-controlled media got a public hearing at Hong Lim Park yesterday as more than 600 Singaporeans turned up to attend the ‘Black Picnic’ event organized by Transitioning.org, a NGO dedicated to helping unemployed Singaporeans. Despite sweating under the... 

Even before the presidential election has started proper, PAP ministers are rushing in one after another to endorse former PAP minister Dr Tony Tan which raises serious questions on how ‘independent’ he can be. After ESM Goh Chok Tong proclaimed Dr Tan as a ’suitable’ presidential candidate, Prime... 

By Seah Chiang Nee, The Star, 25 June 2011 THE current wave of migrant workers from China and India has had an unintended side benefit for Singapore, blurring differences between local Chinese and Malays. The new competition they introduced into the workforce has helped to get these once quarrelling races to put aside old... 

Gilbert Goh, the founder of Transitioning.org and the organizer of today’s ‘Black Picnic’ event at Hong Lim Park has vowed to organize more such events on a monthly basis in the future to inspire more Singaporeans to step forward and make their voices heard. Following the success of the first event two... 

Nicole Seah with supporters Nearly 300 Singaporeans turned up at Hong Lim Park this evening to attend an event organized by Transitioning.org, a NGO dedicated to helping unemployed Singaporeans. Though the organizers have called for the participants to bring their own food to have a ‘picnic’ at the park, few... 

  Dr Tony Tan During a performance of the Singapore Dance Theatre at the Esplanade some years ago, where the contributions of both Dr Tony Tan and Tan Kin Lian in promoting dance as a form of expression was acknowledged, I walked out of one the toilet cubicles at interval time to find myself in the presence of this elderly... 

The SDP met with residents of Blk 686B, Drive 73, Woodlands, on 18 Jun 11 tto discuss the aftermath of the incident of the dead body found in the water-tank of the block. Several questions were raised by the residents which the SDP promised to write to the Sembawang Town Council on their behalf. These included whether... 

“I believed the information that was given to me from the government at that time. I saw that the people believed that they were conspirators as well. As Feedback Unit Chief, I could not let my own feelings dilute the general consensus, which I presented in Parliament.” This was how presidential aspirant Dr... 

High property prices are deterring Singaporeans from getting married and having kids, according to a Singaporean Nicholas Loh who wrote in to the Straits Times Forum today to express his concerns about Singapore’s decline in marriage rate to a new low last year. ‘This, combined with the record low fertility...