The buzz generated by the Singapore Bicentennial 2019 has ignited curiosity and much re-evaluation about Singapore’s long and rich history. Yet what does (de)colonisation truly mean, and can we ever be free from its fetters? The Necessary Stage’s (TNS) ground-breaking and audacious new production, Civilised, challenges us to examine the complexities of colonialism and colonisation—not only of the past, but …

A train disruption occurred on Wednesday (10 Apr) evening along the East West Line (EWL). A passenger tweeted that it was caused by a track fault but another passenger commented on TATA SMRT Facebook that it was due to a Platform Screen Door (PSD) fault at Jurong East; no official announcement was given by the SMRT. Passengers’ tweets started since …

There was a train disruption along the East West Line (EWL) this morning (3 Apr) allegedly due to a track fault. According to commuters’ information trains between Tuas Link and Clementi were affected in both directions. No official information was given by SMRT on its social media pages. Affected commuters questioned about the delay on the Twitter platform: @SMRT_Singapore walao …

The Singapore Parliament will sit at 12:30pm on Monday, 1 April 2019, for the 102nd session of the 13th Parliament. *51 oral questions and 32 written question had been scheduled to be asked. There will be two Ministerial Statements presented in this parliament sitting: 1. Restricting Hate Speech to Maintain Racial and Religious Harmony in Singapore – Minister for Home …

Another train disruption happened for the second time on Friday (15 March), this time in the evening along the Circle Line (CCL) – following this morning delays along the East West Line (EWL). The commuters and Admin of TATA SMRT Facebook posted questions and information on the train delays: Yongjian Koh wrote at 7:28pm: “Circle line (towards Dobhy Ghaut) is …

Another train delay occurred this Friday morning (15 March), again along the East West Line (EWL), this time caused by a track fault at Clementi. Without any prior information (on Tweeter or Facebook posts), transport operator SMRT tweeted an ‘update’ at 5:59am that there was no train service between Jurong East and Queenstown due to a track fault at Clementi: …

On Monday late afternoon (11 March) train commuters experienced more than two hours delay along the East West Line. The delay was caused by Platform Screen Door (PSD) fault at the Lakeside Station for the East Bound trains. SMRT announced an official information about the delay on its Tweeter platform about an hour later after the delay occurred, while passengers …

The Downtown Line (DTL) train service was disrupted this morning (6 March) due to signaling fault, according to a later statement tweeted by SBS Transit. The train delay occurred since about 8am until after 9am. Information about the delay were posted on the TATA SMRT Facebook platform by commuters: Simon Soh wrote at 8:09am: “DTL DOWN Bt Panjang Stn No …

The Singapore Parliament will sit at 11:00 am on Monday, 4 March 2019, for the 97th session of the 13th Parliament. *2 oral questions and 2 written question had been scheduled to be asked. There will be estimates for the financial year 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 (Paper Cmd. 19 of 2019): Committee of Supply (Progress: 1 March …

The Singapore Parliament will sit at 1:00pm on Tuesday, 26 February 2019, for the 93rd session of the 13th Parliament. *5 oral questions and 2 written question had been scheduled to be asked. At the commencement of Public Business, there will be introduction of Government Bills: Supply Bill – Minister for Finance (President’s recommendation signified). Supplementary Supply (FY 2018) Bill …