“Don’t look at their disability. Look at their ability”: Dignity Kitchen founder on training staff with cerebral palsy to cook

Dignity Kitchen’s founder Koh Seng Choon proves that physical disability is not…

Netizens rush to offer help to migrant wife and child after Minister Sun Xueling’s appeal; some urge to take action against the husband

Earlier on Wednesday (27 January), Minister of State for Social and Family…

9 Nominated MPs to be sworn in; Motion on sustainability raised by 6 PAP MPs on 1 Feb

The Singapore Parliament will sit at 12:00 pm on Monday, 1 February…

Teachers, social workers and LGBT groups urge MOE to implement clear policy on supporting transgender students in S’pore schools

The Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE) should meet its promise to work…

少年计划攻击清真寺遭逮捕 张素兰提醒内安法下可无限拘留

作者:人权律师张素兰 日前,《今日报》报道一名16岁少年在内部安全法令下被拘捕,并指出嫌犯的年龄并非在考虑范围内。 这竟然是从内政部长兼律政部长尚穆根的口中说出,他怎么可以在使用内安法令下,无视少年的年龄。难道他忘了我国自愿加入儿童权力公约(Convention on the Rights of the Child),并接受了18岁以下的人均属儿童或少年的规定吗? 根据儿童与青少年法令,18岁以下的人必须在特别法庭受审,身份也必须保密。 然而,在内安法令之下,部长却削弱了特别法庭和司法系统的权利。部长还哀叹说道,“我认为我们都同意他拥有破坏的能力,所以一直到他改造辅导(rehabilitated)前,如果一直把他留在外,然后他可以做任何他想做的事,我相信到时候会发生憾事。” 他的意思是,如果指控属实,不通过内安法令的苛刻法律,少年就无法改造辅导?他能有多确定通过内安法令就能让少年教化?少年是否会对内安法令的严重指控而感到委屈,借此让他反抗国家?…

The People v The Bureaucrat Capitalist Oligarchy

by Tan Wah Piow Singapore’s opposition and critics are in despair. The…

在生铁上雕刻致敬已故同仁 78岁本地艺术家展出还剩两天!

寸心寸铁寸心寸草,寸心寸木寸心寸土; 无事无心无事无为,无事于心无心于事; 十九八九二〇二〇”——— 唐大雾 我国当代艺术家唐大雾以生铁为创作素材,在逗号空间场域展出最新个展生铁装置,并使用小刀雕刻出三个人物肖像,向已故的视觉艺术家庄心珍、李文和雅辛(Juliana Yasin)致敬。 今年78岁的唐大雾自1974年在圣马丁学院学习以来,便钟爱沉重的生铁,迄今为止,他仍然醉心于创作各种生铁作品,即使它沉重且硬邦邦,且带有一定的危险性,其艺术风格生硬却相当有力。 唐大雾也表示,作品以不同的生铁片连接而成呈现示威了几年三名本地著名已故视觉艺术家,同时该作品也反映了自己对2999年后的世界的想象,与未加工的工业建筑逗号空间相辅相成。 尽管具有一定的风险,唐大雾也向本地导演陈彬彬透露,表示他事先让供应商把生铁切成他可携带的尺寸,才会开始创作。唐大雾说道,虽然自己已经78岁,但这对他仍可应付,加上还有许多人一起和他完成作品,才会在此展现,欢迎民众可前往参观。 “我喜欢将工作调整成自己可以完成的程度的想法,当然还有许多人帮忙设置,因为生铁很重!” 展览16日至1月31日,在逗号空间(51 Jalan…

SG govt says foreign students make up only around 10% of universities’ intake but Times Higher Education rankings shows at least 25 percent in NTU and NUS

An update to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for…

Joint Statement by Asian NGOs to condemn arrest of peaceful protestors against LGBT discrimination in Singapore

Below is a Joint Statement by the ASEAN SOGIE Caucus, Asian-Pacific Resource and…

Lawyer M Ravi being engaged to represent plaintiffs in class action lawsuit against Chinese tech giant Tencent in Singapore

Singaporean human rights lawyer Ravi Madasamy, known as M Ravi, has been…