Current Affairs

Three weeks ago, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) released a video to promote the launch of their revamped website. The video, posted on the party’s Facebook page, features a young girl talking about the website. It seems that there are some people who disagree with the party releasing a video with children in it. Specifically, a letter was published in …

In September this year, 276 out of 300 newly released apartment units at the centrally located Avenue South Residence were grabbed on the opening day of sales itself. The prices for the development ranges from S$982,000 for a 527 sq ft one-bedroom apartment to S$2.63 million for a 1,496 sq ft four-bedroom apartment. Despite witnessing a positive demand for new …

According to a recent study by National Parks Board (NParks), land in Singapore has become a net emitter of carbon in 2014, a change from two years previous when it was a carbon sink or absorber. The report attributed this to an increase in a significant conversion of land for development since 2012 and the use of new measurement data …

The Public Transport Council (PTC) announced yesterday (8 Oct) that starting 28 Dec at the end of this year, commuters will be subject to a 7 per cent increase in bus and train fares. “We have a transparent and objective fare formula that allows us to cap the fare increase and balance sustainability with fare affordability for Singaporeans,” PTC Chairman …

It was reported in the media today that the service sector unionists met up with President Halimah and told her about their worries with regard to job security in the face of global uncertainty, impending economic downturn and restructuring of the industry (‘Service-sector unions tell President of job fears amid headwinds‘, 9 Oct). They met the President at the Istana …

Assoc. Prof Teo said it is disturbing that ‘speaking out of turn’ is something that can be observed in contemporary Singapore where contentious issued devolve into mud-slinging rather quickly as people with more power tell others that they lack the ‘substantive right to voice’. The sociologist who wrote the book This is What Inequality Looks Like, which delves into the …

Starting April 2020, all e-scooters are required to go through a mandatory inspection every two years in order to make sure they follow the right criteria for use on public paths, said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) on Monday (7 October). This announcement comes after Senior Minister of State for Transport Lam Pin Min said in August that all e-scooters …

by Jasmine LEUNG and James EDGAR Hong Kong’s under-fire leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday said China intervening to end months of pro-democracy protests is an option following a particularly violent week of unrest that paralysed the city. The financial hub has been gripped by four months of rallies, and last weekend saw much of the city grind to a halt …

The Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act (MHRA) was updated in Parliament on Monday (7 October) after an extensive debate on the Bill of proposed amendments which was introduced in September. During the debate, three Worker’s Party (WP) politicians raised several questions relating to religion and politics, specifically if politicians should be seen with a religious leader and whether religious bodies …

Minister for Social and Family Development Desmond Lee revealed that social workers and officers who were in touch with the family of a two-year-old toddler found dead in a Chin Swee Road flat did not suspect that the little girl had gone missing or was in any harm, based on what was said to them at the time. Mr Lee …