Daily Archives: May 21, 2011
PM Lee pledges a just and fair society
By The Online Citizen
May 21, 2011
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SPEECH BY PRIME MINISTER LEE HSIEN LOONG AT THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY HELD IN THE STATE ROOM, ISTANA ON 21 MAY 2011 Mr President Ministers and Members of Parliament Fellow Singaporeans 1. We have just gone through a watershed general election. Almost all the Read More
More...S’poreans and PR job stats – making no sense
By The Online Citizen May 21, 2011
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Leong Sze Hian / I refer to the reports of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s speech on 21 April on the launch of IM Flash Singapore, a joint venture memory chip facility between US tech giants Intel and Micron. The reports cited PM Read More
More...Temasek Holdings – “not required” to disclose?
By The Online Citizen May 21, 2011
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Leong Sze Hian I refer to Temasek Holding’s letter “Protection of Temasek’s past reserves” (Today, May 20). It states that “Although not required to do so, Temasek publishes an annual Temasek Review, providing a summary of key financials as well as the relevant Read More
More...Election shocker, now a Cabinet cracker
By The Online Citizen May 21, 2011
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PN Balji / If the results of the May 7 general elections can be described as a shocker, then the Cabinet changes announced yesterday (Wednesday) must be a cracker. And what a cracker it was. Three minsters who were under severe attack during Read More
More...21 May 1987
By The Online Citizen May 21, 2011
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Andrew Loh / On 21 May 1987, a group of social workers was arrested by the authorities under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for allegedly plotting to topple the government through a “Marxist conspiracy”. No charges were ever brought against them and they Read More
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Posted on May 21, 2011 by The Online Citizen
Letters from Vui Kong – Me and my life
By The Online CitizenYong 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
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