Current Affairs

The general elections may be called as soon as next year, says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. While speaking at the welcome dinner dialogue of the Bloomberg New Economic Forum, PM Lee was asked if Singpore’s bicentennial celebration of Sir Stamford Raffles’ arrival next year might be a reason to bring forward the general election which is due to be …

At a recent IPS conference, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo talked about the superiority of the Progressive Wage Model (PWM) conceived by her government in uplifting the low wage workers in Singapore. "The recent debate on wage inequality points to a deeper sense of social fairness that wants to see everyone progress together. More than handouts, we want a 'hand-up'," she …

The 33rd ASEAN Summit and related summits, which are to be held at Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre (Suntec) from 13 to 15 November 2018, have been declared as an ‘Enhanced Security Special Event’ under the Public Order Act. This was announced by Singapore Police Force (SPF) on Monday (5 November), stating that the area around Suntec has …

Singapore Post Limited (SingPost) has launched its SmartPost suite of postal solutions and unveiled its latest next-generation logistics platform LaMP which is touted to bring greater convenience, flexibility and control to customers today and of the future on Monday (5 November). SingPost stated that its digitalisation of Singapore’s postal operations, has gone ‘live’ with all of SingPost’s 1,000 postmen and …

According to the latest annual report of SBS Transit, it's profit had been climbing exponentially in the last few years: Its operating profit last year was $59.3 million, more than 2 times of that in 2015. Profit attributable to shareholders hit nearly 3 times of that in 2015 at $47.1 million last year. In the first half of this year …

Former chief of National Solidarity Party and founder of People's Voice Party Lim Tean has responded to Manpower Minister Josephine Teo's claim that a minimum wage will lead to unemployment, stating that such claims are "ridiculously outmoded and fallacious." In a Facebook post on Friday (3 Nov), Mr Lim referred to studies cited by the Malaysian Ministry of Finance – …

Mr Augustin Lee Zixu, former People's Power Party candidate for Chua Chu Kang GRC in GE2011, posed several questions regarding the source of funding in relation to the legal fees incurred by the Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council (PRPTC) in the high-profile lawsuit against three Workers' Party (WP) Members of Parliament (MPs) who are town councillors of Aljunied Hougang Town Council …

Hot on the heels of the release of the Occasional Paper by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) last Thursday (1 Nov) which entails the Government's approach in providing for the "basic needs" of people with disabilities and those who are chronically ill, a photo detailing the monthly allowance received by a "blind resident" from the Singapore Association of the …

Bank Indonesia (BI) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have established a bilateral financial arrangement of USD 10 billion equivalent, which will enable the two central banks to access foreign currency liquidity from each other, if needed, to preserve monetary and financial stability, MAS and Bank Indonesia announced in a joint press release on Monday (5 November). According to …

The LGBT community in this part of the world is still a long way from being completely accepted by society at large – owing mostly to the staunch and stubborn belief in the ‘traditional’ way of life that most people in Asia still cling to. This is a reality that prominent Malaysian activist Pang Khee Teik knows only too well. …