Author Archives: Terry Xu
Press Gang: To publish or not to publish, the internal struggles of news outlets in Singapore
By Terry Xu
2018-07-14 
0A minister is being asked if adultery should be made illegal by a member of the audience during a Q & A session and everyone in the hall laughed in spite of trying to hold it in. The person who posed the question, Read More
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Potong Pasir SMC – A fierce fight in the making or will it disappear like Joo Chiat SMC?
By Terry Xu 2018-07-06 0The next General Elections may still be many months away and only need to be called by January 2021. But if current ground activities are anything to go by, it is quite obvious that the battle for the single member constituency (SMC) of Read More
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Ng Chee Meng says “everyone expected to be treated fairly” but MPs and teachers pay different parking rates
By Terry Xu 2018-06-28 0Speaking to delegates from the Singapore Teachers’ Union (STU) on having the teachers to pay for parking in April this year, then-Minister of Education (Schools) Ng Chee Meng said that “Singapore system is fair. Everyone can be expected to be treated fairly.” As Read More
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Johor profiting from treated water? Singapore loses money in selling subsidised treated water?
By Terry Xu 2018-06-26 0As I read the Straits Times report regarding Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ response to Malaysian Prime Minister’s comment on the Singapore-Malaysia water agreement, a Facebook post caught my attention. A netizen wrote, The cold hard facts which many haters hate to see or Read More
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PAP Aljunied grassroot advisor apologised for covering Workers’ Party’s event banner with his banner
By Terry Xu 2018-06-23 0Victor Lye Thiam Fatt, People’s Action Party (PAP) Candidate candidate for the Aljunied GRC in the General Election 2015 and grassroots leader for Aljunied GRC, has acknowledged that his volunteers put up a banner to cover up another banner from the Workers’ Party and apologised Read More
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ST reports possible gain of $700m of exposure from analyst but picks another company to report sentiments of coverage
By Terry Xu 2018-06-14 0Straits Times in its article,”Singapore may have gained over $700m in exposure as host of Trump-Kim summit: Analyst Meltwater” wrote that more than S$700 million in exposure by hosting the historic Trump-Kim summit, according to a media intelligence analyst. The report which was reproduced Read More
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MSF rejects social assistance application from 59-year-old senior due to having CPF payout
By Terry Xu 2018-06-13 0Sports advocate and politician, Jose Raymond shared a story of a 59-year-old male Singapore who is both visually handicapped and has kidney failure who has had his application for long-term financial assistance rejected by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF). The reason for MSF Read More
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SPF rejects application of ex-offender to be security officer, writes he is “not a fit and proper person”
By Terry Xu 2018-06-06 0Sports advocate and politician, Jose Raymond posted an image on his Facebook page on Wednesday, asking what happened to the Yellow Ribbon Project (YRP). The image is a photo of a letter purportedly issued by the Singapore Police Force to a resident in Read More
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Eldershield policy holder denied payout by insurer despite being certified blind by medical assessor
By Terry Xu 2018-06-04 0Following much fanfare about how the new CareShield Life – a plan to replace ElderShield – will stand to benefit Singaporeans in offering higher payout in claims and a lifetime payout, Mr Teo, a member of public shared his claim experience with The Read More
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Published on 2018-06-08 by Terry Xu
Lim Biow Chuan: “would you be comfortable with a security officer with a criminal record especially if the record was recent”
By Terry XuIn a Facebook post on 6 June, sports advocate and politician Jose Raymond commented how it is unbecoming of the Singapore Police Force to label an ex-offender as being “not a fit and proper person” in lieu of his previous conviction, words which are Read More
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