Daily Archives: May 13, 2011
Singapore People’s Party aims high
By The Online Citizen
May 13, 2011
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Benjamin Cheah/ The Singapore People’s Party (SPP) is seeking to win the hearts and minds of the people. Unveiling the SPP’s five-year “comeback plan”, Mr Benjamin Pwee outlined the SPP’s vision of collaborating with ordinary Singaporeans for a better future. Despite its defeat Read More
More...MARUAH & TOC present: Post-Elections public forum
By The Online Citizen May 13, 2011
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The recent Singapore General Elections 2011 was electrifying. Emotions ran high and change was in the air. The dissection has begun. MARUAH & TOC would like to share perspectives and some analysis on GE2011. We will share the work that we did on Read More
More...Letters from Vui Kong – The First Letter: Prison Life
By The Online Citizen May 13, 2011
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Yong Vui Kong is a death row inmate in Singapore. He was arrested at age 19 with 47.27g of heroin, convicted of trafficking and sentenced under the Mandatory Death Penalty. His final appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on 4 April Read More
More...A conflict of interest?
By The Online Citizen May 13, 2011
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Joseph Teo/ In the Straits Times on Thursday 12 May 2011, on page A4, “Cynthia Phua promises proper handover”, the following was reported: “Aljunied Town Council is now managed by CPG Facilities Management, with whom the town council signed a three-year contract last Read More
More...NGOs form a coalition against the death penalty in Malaysia
By The Online Citizen May 13, 2011
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Kirsten Han / Six NGOs, together with the cooperation of the Malaysian Bar Council and certain Members of the Malaysian Parliament, have come together to make a stand on the use of the death penalty in Malaysia. A forum held in Kuala Lumpur on 11 Read More
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Posted on May 13, 2011 by The Online Citizen
Disparity between election results and seats won
By The Online CitizenDaniel Yuan/ It was interesting to see the numbers for the elected candidates placed right beside the share of valid votes in http://www.ge.sg/tallyseats/ now that the results are out. Share of valid votes from the various parties: PAP: 60.1% WP: 12.8% NSP: 12.0% Read More
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