President’s Address: Regurgitating only the existing priorities
President's Address raises questions of why Parliament was prorogued in the first place.
Day: May 19, 2009
Straits Times of May ’87 – Four days of government statements on “Marxist Conspiracy”
The first four days of detailed coverage of "Marxist plot" carried only govt's statements.
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Dr Lee Weiling says “Papa knew what he was signing” in response to allegations that late LKY was rushed to sign final will -
Two new cases of Covid-19 infection; Both cases linked to new cluster at Wizlearn Technologies Pte Ltd -
Hong Kong pets face coronavirus quarantine after dog tests positive -
New Zealand confirms first coronavirus case -
Belarus reports first coronavirus case -
Germany quarantines 1,000 as coronavirus cases push past 50 -
North Korean official allegedly executed for risking spread of coronavirus -
Singapore and Hong Kong Budgets 2020 -
Heng Swee Keat seeks for President’s approval to tap on S’pore reserves if Covid-19 situation worsen -
Concrete slab estimated to be 10kg collapses from a HDB flat ceiling in Toa Payoh; netizens shared their own concrete experiences -
Five bus drivers to file civil lawsuit against SBS Transit following unsuccessful mediation -
ComfortDelGro driver quits after 10 years over high fares and rental rates -
Professor Cherian George discusses the demerits of the POFMA act -
Peoples Voice leader Lim Tean slams Education Minister Ong Ye Kung for not closing schools amid Covid-19 outbreak -
Netizens point out that social class divide in the education system is real, contrary to what Dr Janil said
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Lee Weiling: "I continue to be ashamed at Hsien Loong’s disrespect for his father’s dying wish" -
Ex-RSAF Chief replaces ex-SAF Scholar Gan as new SBS Transit CEO after Gan resigns over marital affairs -
S Korean Govt urges citizens wear mask at all times while SG Govt afraid citizens would use it “like tissue paper” -
Lee Hsien Yang: "What in the world did I stand to gain out of my supposed elaborate deception?" -
Hong Kong netizens offended by Chan Chun Sing's “disgraceful” remarks, saying Singapore do not understand Hong Kong’s actual situation -
Shameful and unsympathetic for Minister Chan to mock Hong Kong's panicked behaviour, says political consultant -
Bus drivers fed up with NTWU; say it's not worth being a Union member -
Singlish is not the damning thing about Minister Chan's leaked dialogue, but the way how he speaks down on the people he serves -
Singapore man with coronavirus-like symptoms dies in Indonesia after testing negative for Covid-19 -
ESM Goh achieves "Swiss standard of living" enjoying nature and simple pleasures of life at 70s -
SCCCI President Ng who wants to investigate audio leak, linked to PA's grassroots -
Did Lee Suet Fern and Lee Hsien Yang actually have any motivation to alter LKY's final will? -
Thailand and Taiwan cut down exports of face masks to overseas; Singapore not issuing any ban on the exports of face masks yet -
Resigned SBS Transit CEO alleged caught having affairs with subordinates by private investigator company -
Equal division of founding PM Lee Kuan Yew's estate "not a new idea", argues lawyer Lee Suet Fern
