Current Affairs

As the political storm unfolds between the government of Hong Kong and the city’s denizens – particularly members of civil society – over the former’s divisive extradition Bill, the mega-wealthy are moving their assets elsewhere, including to Singapore. Financial Times reported Thu (20 Jun) that according to an executive vice-president from the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX), Hong Kong’s Securities and …

After sighting an unauthorised drone at the vicinity of Changi Airport, a runway was forced to shut intermittently for about 10 hours, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) on Wednesday (19 June). “To ensure the safety of aircraft operations and passengers, the operations of one runway were suspended for short periods of time between 11 pm and Jun …

On 14 June, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam attended a discussion with representatives from several Singaporean LGBTQ+ organisations to talk about anti-drug outreach efforts. Some of the organisations included Pink Dot Sg, Oogachaga, The T Project, Free Community Church, CNB Drug Free Sg, The Greenhouse Sg, and Lifeline Sg. Sharing about the discussion on his Facebook page (19 …

A former MediaCorp editor has been appointed as the press secretary for Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat. Farah Abdul Rahim previously worked as a senior broadcast journalist at MediaCorp for 7 years starting in 1999 before a two year stint as Account Director at Hill & Knowlton. According to her LinkedIn profile, Ms Rahim then entered public service between …

Law and Home Affairs Minister received flak from netizens after he shared a distasteful post from fellow MP at Nee Soon GRC, Dr Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, on 17 June (Monday). In case you’re not aware, Dr Faishal who is also the Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Social and Family Development, took to his Facebook last Sunday to wish everyone …

Tensions in Hong Kong flare as university students warn of escalating protests against the controversial extradition Bill tomorrow (21 Jun), in the event that the city’s government refuses to concede to their demands by today (20 Jun). South China Morning Post reported on Wed (19 Jun) that the university students have also, in addition to the full withdrawal of the …

The Ministry of National Development (MND) has announced the launch of the Code of Governance for Town Councils (TCs), which aims to promote greater transparency and raise governance standards in TCs. The ministry stated that the Code will take effect from FY2020 (1 April 2020) to provide time for TCs to implement the Code provisions. Earlier at the passing of …

Khan Osman Sulaiman, a businessman and former Reform Party candidate in the General Election 2015, took to his Facebook yesterday (19 June) to unveil his intense conversation that he had with his friend when the latter told him that the Malays should be ‘grateful’ that the country has a Malay president. His friend pointed out that the Government actually considered …

A dramatic video of a lengthy vulgar altercation between two passengers onboard an SBS transit bus has been making rounds on the Internet. The video was uploaded on Facebook page Singapore Bus Drivers Community on 19 June with the caption, “Drunken trying to pick up a fight in a Bus, asking for 1 to 1.” Nonetheless, it is unclear what …

After sharing his thoughts on the protests in Hong Kong and noting how Singaporean’s should not only support the people there but also be inspired by them, Roy Ngerng was described by Mothership.sg as a ‘foreign influence’. Specifically, in an article detailing Mr Ngerng’s original post the website used the phrase: “This is some next level foreign-influence-ception” when talking about …