Below is the speech delivered by Terry Xu, Chief Editor of The Online Citizen for its fundraiser dinner on 6 July 2019. (Edited for clarity) First of all, I would like to thank all of you who have taken the time off from your busy schedule to attend today’s event. I am also very honoured to have many of Singapore’s …
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The common complaints that Singapore voters have with Singapore’s alternative parties and its candidates are that the parties and its candidates are not their ideal type of politicians. Either they are not doing enough, not high caliber enough, not showing up enough in their wards, or simply not being practical in their proposed changes to the system. But before we …
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Just this February year when I went for my National Reservist training, we were told to recite the Singapore Armed Forces pledge in the seminar hall after the Division Commander reminded the servicemen about the constant threat that Singapore faces from its neighbours. “We, members of the Singapore Armed Forces, do solemnly and sincerely pledge that we will always bear …
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A flyer which about the temporary market in Admiralty caught the eye of a resident when she spotted Hindi instead of Tamil script on it. Ms Vijaya Kandasamy posted a photo of the flyer on her Facebook page on Friday morning and commented, I think you need more people who can read and write Tamil. What language is that?? Blunders …
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After filing a police report on The Online Citizen for a case on alleged criminal defamation, the Info-communications Media Development Authority has dropped yet another “bombshell” on the independent news website this morning. In a letter to TOC, IMDA states that the publication is only allowed to receive contributions from “verified local sources for the provision, management and/or operation of …
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Leong Sze Hian, a financial consultant and well-known Singaporean blogger who has been sued by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong over a Facebook share he made earlier on 7 November, wrote in a Facebook post on Wednesday that he was bewildered when Davinder Singh of Drew and Napier LLC sent him a Letter of Demand on the 12th of November …
Read More » It is now public knowledge that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is suing veteran Singaporean blogger, Leong Sze Hian for defamation over a Facebook share he made on his Facebook profile, on 7 Nov. The article which Leong shared was an article by Malaysian online news media, TheCoverage.my. It claimed that editor-in-chief of investigative journalism platform Sarawak Report (SR) Ms …
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All Members of Parliament (MPs), including Non-Constituency and Nominated MPs will have to pay $250 a year for a permit to park at Parliament House for official business. This was announced by the Parliament on Friday to media on Friday (Nov 30). According to media reports, elected MPs can use the permit to park in any Housing Board (HDB) carpark, …
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On Tuesday last week, The Online Citizen (TOC) went into hiatus after electronic devices belong to the publication and me were seized by the Singapore Police Force under a court order granted to investigate into a case of Criminal Defamation. The alleged offence is in regards to a letter written by a member of public, who called himself, Willy Sum …
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Records of SMS between CPG Facilities Management Services, General Manager, Jeffery Chua and Workers’ Party Chairman, Sylvia Lim, revealed that it was CPG which initiated the termination of the contract between the managing agent and the town council back in 2011 when WP took over the Aljunied Town Council after winning in the General Election 2011. During the hearing today …
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