Opinion

On Tuesday (10 December) a video captured by a vehicle’s dashcam saw an enforcement officer kicking a Personal Mobility Device (PMD) rider off his device along Bedok Reservoir Road. Due to the impact of the kick, the rider was seen flying onto the asphalt road. This shocking footage was shared by community-run traffic website, ROADS.sg. on Tuesday. According to the …

The Ministry of Education (MOE) said on Monday (9 December) that a novel containing profanities was selected by a school for its reading programme due to its “literacy merit”. However, the Ministry added that this book was not part of its recommended text list. Titled “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”, this novel was first brought to …

It was reported that scholars from India under scholarships administered by the Ministry of Education (MOE) would be arriving in Singapore this month and next month. They are essentially scholarship holders of A*STAR Youth Scholarship and SIA Youth Scholarship. Some would be going to Sec 3 while others to pre-university 1. Since the announcement, there has been a constant buzz …

It was reported in an article by the Channel News Asia (CNA) that police are investigating activist and founder of Transitioning.org (a support site for the unemployed) following a report that a foreigner participated in an anti-CECA rally that he organised last month. It appears that Mr Goh allegedly breached the Public Order Act (POA) as the rally he conducted …

by Joseph Nathan There are obvious discrepancies in some of our Free Trade Agreements “FTAs” that are detrimental to the well being of Singaporeans. Despite much feedbacks and criticisms, our current 4G politicians seem to prefer being oblivious to these issues rather than solving them. Over time, these issues became protracted and contentious when more Singaporeans find themselves being displaced …

by Khush Chopra Our National motto is “Majulah Singapura ” which is the title of our National Anthem. Our National Anthem has been described as “a musical expression of Singapore’s identity as a nation”. It is a rousing and uplifting piece of sacred vocal music that has very special importance to us Singaporeans. On Tuesday 3 December 2019, two renditions …

The Ministry of Transport has announced yesterday that it will run Cross Island Line (CRL) under Central Catchment Nature Reserve (CCNR) instead of skirting round the nature reserve to prevent possible damage to the existing ecology. The CRL was announced back in 2013 as a new 50km long train line that to “improve the connectivity, accessibility and coverage for the …

It was reported in the media yesterday (3 Dec) that the Indonesian engineer, Arianto Tjandra, who is a PR here, was sentenced by the Court on Monday (2 Dec) to 86 weeks’ jail. He was also fined $10,000. The Court had found him responsible for the collapse of the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) viaduct occurred in July 2017. The judge noted …

In the recent saga of Ministry of Education (MOE) hitting back at social activist Gilbert Goh for highlighting the plight of a PSLE student not receiving her original PSLE result slip due to outstanding unpaid school fees, a member of the public by the name of Priscilla Poh Beng Hoon has written to ST Forum today (3 Dec) in support …

The Managing Director of Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) Chng Kai Fong gave a speech at the Leadership Development Initiative Networking event two weeks ago (13 Nov). His speech was edited as a commentary and published on CNA today (‘Commentary: Why aren’t there more Singaporean CEOs?‘, 1 Dec). He said that Singaporeans need to “step up” to become Singapore corporate …