By Oscuro I refer to the article, “The Paper Lantern of Elite Education in Singapore“, published by TOC on the 26th of April. I am a recent graduate of the same school as the author of the article. (I hope you weren’t trying too hard to keep the identity of our school anonymous- a larger than life Confucius statue is surely …

During a door-stop interview after Dr Chee’s “cycle-about” this morning, a ST reporter posed a puzzling question to him. “Dr Chee, this morning PM spoke about some racist comments that were posted on your Facebook wall and how there were no filter or deletion.. what is your stance on the racial issue?” – ST Reporter The reporter was making reference …

By Jentrified Citizen It is really shameful to see our Prime Minister and senior ministers behave in such a despicable manner during the Bukit Batok by-election. Ministers Grace Fu and Halimah Yacob continued the PAP’s bashing of Dr Chee Soon Juan last night at the Bukit Batok rally. They threw various slurs at him including mocking him for being “unemployed” …

The Online Citizen (TOC) was alerted by one reader on 27 April about individuals putting the banner for the PAP candidate, Mr Murali Pillai in the Bukit Batok SMC by-election, on the banner rack of the Resident Committee (RC) Zone 6 at Blk 168 Bukit Batok West Ave 8. On 28 April, questions were sent to the People’s Association (PA) …

On Nomination day, DPM Tharman and Dr Paul Tambyah were spotted chatting and shaking hands. In an interview with TOC, Dr Paul revealed that during the conversation, the DPM gave him his word to have a clean campaign. Just over three days since that conversation, that promise seems to have been broken. To his credit, it wasn’t him but his …

In the Labour Market Advance Release report for the first quarter of 2016, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) reported that despite total employment being 1.4 per cent higher than a year ago, more workers were laid off as compared to this time last year. The Manpower Research and Statistics Department of the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) released their preliminary labour …

In a press release on 29 April, the Ministry of Finance announced $86 million worth of Service & Conservancy Charges (S&CC) rebates for around 840,000 Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats for this year. The rebates each household receives depends on the flat type. Smaller flats with one or two-rooms are eligible for three months of S&CC rebates throughout 2016. …

People’s Action Party (PAP) candidate contesting in the Bukit Batok by-election Murali Pillai spoke to reporters on 28 April, stating that Members of Parliament (MP) need not be full-time to do this jobs well. His comments come in response to the Singapore Democratic Party’s (SDP) Chee Soon Juan saying that unlike Mr Murali, he planned to be a full-time MP …

Last night at the People’s Action Party’s election rally for the Bukit Batok By-Election, Speaker of the Parliament, Mdm Halimah Yacob took the stage in support of the PAP candidate, Mr Murali Pillai. She said in her speech, “Mr Goh Chok Tong was the prime minister at that time and he shouted at Mr Goh Chok Tong, I was shocked …

The Reform Party has announced that it is the party’s decision that all members, including office holders of the Central Executive Committee, to be free in volunteering to help the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) during the Bukit Batok SMC by-election campaign. In its press statement penned by Andy Zhu, RP’s chairman, the party states that its leadership actively encourages its …