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Chua Mui Hoong Dear Ms Chua Mui Hoong, I refer to your 17 Aug 2011 Straits Times article “Why the president is not a super-MP”. You said raising expectations about what the president can do is a fundamental error of fact and a gravely irresponsible act of politics. The fundamental error is in your insinuation... 

The PAP Political Leadership is totally shameless as it continue to indulge in its characteristic ‘DUPLICITY’ that deny the benefits to the Citizens, even as they will give themselves more benefits then they deserve. Shame No 1 ‘NO IRON RICE BOWL’ for the Citizens, while the PAP Political Leadership will use all... 

Click to enlarge view “Certain mistakes are simply not acceptable by any reason or standard”, wrote Chris who forwarded the attached picture to Temasek Review Emeritus (TRE). The picture was taken at Tampines Central Community Complex on 20th August 2011 around 13.30 hours which clearly shows 2 of the 4 Singapore... 

If the annual salary of the Minister of Information, Communication and Arts is only $500,000, it may pose some problems when he discuss policies with media CEOs who earn millions of dollars... Disgraced PAP MP Dr Lim Wee Kiak has given a ‘lecture’ to the presidential candidates on the role of the Elected President. In... 

Under the existing HDB policy, singles are not allowed to buy or rent flats directly from the Housing and Development Board (HDB), unless they partner with another single person and apply under the joint-singles scheme.  In times of such economic uncertainty, when the economy has not fully rebounded, should such a policy... 

SMRT CEO Saw Phaik Hwa Following a second security breach at a SMRT depot which resulted in a train carriage being sprayed with graffiti, beleaguered SMRT CEO Saw Phaik Hwa is running out of excuses to defend her incompetence and ineptitude. Instead of apologizing and accepting responsibility for the horrendous screw-up,... 

16 year old Vietnamese suspect arrested A 24 year old Malay man was knifed by a 16 year old Vietnamese ‘FT’ in Geylang! According to a report in a Chinese tabloid, 24 year old Mohamad Shafie and a friend spotted the boy loitering in the streets of Geylang after his prayers at the mosque who was suspected of... 

Hi Everyone, I am not a regular reader of TOC or TRE, but wanted to come online to learn more about what people thought about our presidential candidates cos I was worried that TJS has been exploiting people’s sentiments against the PAP government to garner votes. My take is that we have already voted in the government,... 

Dr Tan Cheng Bock has staunchly declared that pledging to donate part of the presidential salary if elected could be akin to buying people’s vote. “If somebody tells me he will vote for me if I take a pay cut, I don’t know whether I’m actually compromising on (my) principles — that is, actually,... 

Three months after the general elections in May 2011, the Singapore Democrats have resumed our groundwork by visiting the Ghim Moh housing estate, which is part of the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, last Sunday. The SDP team, led by Dr Vincent Wijeysingha, went around the food centre to meet with residents. Stall-holders there...