By Howard Lee Now that the People’s Action Party has achieved its “landslide” victory at the 2015 general elections, we can see that it is losing no time in consolidating its support to garner support for the coming government. And it is not just for the next five years or so, but with a clear intention to project its power …
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Letter to TOC: How to win votes – lessons from post-war UK
Letter to The Online Citizen: I refer to the 69.9 per cent landslide victory that the People’s Action Party (PAP) achieved in the recent elections. To me there is probably only one explanation why the PAP won by such a landslide – the people in Singapore are not politically mature, compared to their counterparts in countries like Britain. I would …
Read More »Stop prosecution of activist for screening film on Ski Lankan civil war: HRW to Malaysia
The Malaysian authorities should end their prosecution of a local activist for her role in showing a documentary film without censorship board approval, Human Rights Watch said today. Malaysia’s Federal Court has heard Lena Hendry’s challenge to the constitutionality of the Film Censorship Act on 14 September 2015, and has since thrown out the challenge. Hendry, a staff member of the …
Read More »S’poreans “are united on their Government and its direction”: Ng Eng Hen
The People’s Action Party’s (PAP) organising secretary, Ng Eng Hen, says Singaporeans “are united on their Government and its direction for Singapore”, in the wake of the recent election where the PAP won a landslide 70 per cent of the popular vote. Providing his thoughts on the results in a Facebook post, Dr Ng said he has never have felt …
Read More »Important for PAP to provide “definitive clarification” on PETC accounts: Sylvia Lim
In a follow-up comment to what had transpired during the recent general election, the chairman of the Workers’ Party (WP), Sylvia Lim, has once again asked for the “definitive clarification” promised by the People’s Action Party (PAP) with regard to the financial status of the Punggol East Town Council (PETC) at the point of handover in 2013. The PAP’s Charles …
Read More »For the love of Singapore, the fight must go on
“I’m not a brave person, I just love Singapore and Singaporeans.” – Chiam See Tong As I reflected on the events that unfolded over the past couple of days, I began to better understand Mr Chiam’s motivations. More often than not, many opposition politicians come across as being too angry and feisty. It is almost as though they are fueled by …
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