Month: July 2019

521 posts

Heng: Adversarial political system not good for Singapore

In response to a question posted at a meeting with visiting journalists…

Raj Singh: Singaporeans are "amazing" for looking at superficial stuff and fighting for things that don't really matter

“Singaporeans are truly amazing.” Those are the opening words of a one-minute…

公园局称呼建屋局是“产业主” 有权增公共组屋额外规定

前日，英语媒体《今日报》刊载， 一名私人补习老师为捍卫自己在五房式组屋单位内养鸡的权益，和建屋发展局杠上的报导。 据报导，48岁的Eric Woo是一名养鸡爱好者，在家里养了五只鸡，它们分别关在两个笼子里，偶尔才让它们出来在家中走动。他也透过鸡只教育学生有关繁殖和生命周期的知识。 不过，在今年5月，相信是遭人告密，建屋局官员找上门，告诉他当局不准住户在政府组屋里饲养鸡只。 因为担心当局将没收他的宠物鸡，Eric Woo赶紧将五只鸡移到别处，为刚刚孵出的两只小鸡找新主人。 Eric Woo对此感到不满，因为无论他找不到建屋局有规定，不准进行非商业性饲养家禽。 而建屋局回复《今日报》的询问时，坚定表明住户不能在组屋单位养鸡只等的家禽，若允许他们到处走动，也会对邻居造成不便。 不过，Eric Woo相信法律是站在他那一边的。他引述野生动物和鸟类法，表示民众可以在“任何场所内”饲养不超过10只鸟类。…

“公平、客观”的《海时》及《联合早报》 封杀李显扬对行动党的批评？

本周日，总理弟弟李显扬在脸书发文，表态全心全意支持由陈清木领导的新加坡前进党，更抨击今日的人民行动党“已不再是我父亲（指已故建国总理李光耀）领导的行动党。它已经迷失了方向。”（Today’s PAP is no longer the PAP of my father. It has…

Anti-extradition bill protests: Beijing continues to support Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam and police, strongly condemns "irresponsible Western" influence

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam and the police have been under…

Scoot to add 16 Airbus A321neos to fleet to support growth plans

Low-cost carrier Scoot earlier today (29 July) announced the introduction of 16 new…

Total suicides increased 10 per cent in 2018, highest recorded number of male teenage suicides

There were a total of 397 reported suicides in Singapore in 2018,…

Brad Bowyer: Singaporeans can no longer accept out-of-touch rulers who call for people to fight each other while themselves are insulated from the effects of their poor, outdated policies

by Brad Bowyer Singapore and Singaporeans are trapped in a flawed and…

"Fair, balanced and objective" Straits Times strangely silent about Lee Hsien Yang's criticism of People's Action Party

Yesterday (28 July), the Prime Minister’s younger brother Lee Hsien Yang has…

51-yr-old Singaporean fined $17,300 for failing to issue written receipts for monies received from foreign worker

A 51-year-old employment agency licensee, Gulab Singh of IBS Consulting Services, was…