China International China slams US appointment of envoy for Tibet human rights Beijing lashed out Thursday at Washington’s appointment of an envoy to oversee… The Online Citizen15 October 2020
Asia Hong Kong police raid pro-democracy media tycoon’s office Hong Kong police raided a private office of pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy… The Online Citizen15 October 2020
Asia Civil Society Current Affairs Civil society rights groups criticise Thai govt move to declare ’emergency’ decree to thwart pro-democracy protests Civil society rights groups on Thursday (15 October) criticised the Thailand government’s… The Online Citizen15 October 2020
Civil Society Civil society groups submit Universal Periodic Review joint report ahead of 2021 session, urging the strengthening of civil, social, cultural and economic rights A coalition of 11 civil society organisations have come together on Thursday… The Online Citizen15 October 2020
Asia Comments International Travel Netizens call out Govt to lift COVID-19 restrictions first before talking about setting up air travel bubble with Hong Kong The Ministry of Transport (MOT) on Thursday (15 October) announced that Singapore… 002415 October 2020
Business Comments Netizens blame high rental cost for the closing of Singapore’s patisserie-café Bakerzin The high rental costs are “killing” food and beverages (F&B) businesses in… 003015 October 2020
Civil Society SG anti-death penalty group: Gov’t can’t prove that death penalty is the only way to deter crimes Transformative Justice Collective (TJC), a Singaporean group that was founded in October… 003315 October 2020
Current Affairs Parliament Parliament: WP’s Gerald Giam questions Government on its timeline to restore S$52 billion taken from reserves to weather COVID-19 pandemic The Government must provide the “broad timeline” to restore the S$52 billion… rubaa15 October 2020
Current Affairs Transport SMRT: Disruption on train services caused by power cable insulation breakdown SMRT clarified on Thursday (15 Oct) that a breakdown of insulation of… 003015 October 2020
Court Cases Media Lawyer Lim Tean to represent TOC chief editor Terry Xu in defamation suit filed by PM Lee Lawyer Lim Tean will be representing The Online Citizen Asia chief editor… The Online Citizen15 October 2020