Politics

Progress Singapore Party (PSP) announced on Wed (4 Sep) a change of venue for its inaugural PSP Speaker Series talk due to the urgent need for “a bigger and more comfortable venue”, as all tickets to the event were snapped up in just under a couple of hours last Thu. The talk, titled “Poverty in Singapore & Policy Gaps in …

Members of the Progress Singapore Party (PSP), one of the newest opposition parties in the Singapore political landscape, paid a visit to social media giant Facebook’s Singapore office on Tue (3 Sep) in a bid to gain greater insight into the best means of communicating with the public. Lawyer Khush Chopra yesterday said that the visit “deepen our understanding of …

This morning, the Singapore People’s Party (SPP) announced that it would be holding its next Ordinary Party Conference on 16 October 2019 where it would be electing a new Central Executive Committee (CEC). In the statement, the Party’s Chairwoman, Mrs Lina Chiam, hinted at leadership renewal by stating that “SPP will be 25-years old in November. As we reach this …

In the recent National Day Rally (18 Aug), PM Lee talked about climate change and how Singapore would deal with the impact of rising sea levels by creating dikes and draining the inland water, much like what the Dutch did. He mentioned doing this in Singapore’s East Coast first. After the rally, Government feedback unit Reach did a survey and …

When the People’s Association (PA) was introduced in the year 1960, it was done for the sole purpose of acting as a bridge between the Government and the people, as well as to promote racial harmony and social cohesion in Singapore. In order to do so, it embarked on multiple platforms to achieve that dream. According to a study by …

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s wife Ho Ching shared an article titled “Why is the salary of Singapore’s Prime Minister so high?” on her Facebook page last Wed (21 Aug). The accompanying caption to her post noted Singapore’s “clean wage system”. She wrote, “One big difference is the clean wage system in SG – ie no other perks in kind, …

With the elections looming – speculation is that it’ll happen this year or next – it’s worth taking a look at the ruling party’s leadership, particularly the 4th Generation of leaders that the People’s Action Party (PAP) has lined up to take over after the next election. A statement by these 4G ministers released in January 2018 said: “The younger …

The People’s Association (PA) was first formed in 1960 as a statutory board to act as a bridge between the Government and the people, as well as to promote racial harmony and social cohesion in Singapore. The grassroots leaders (GRLs) are volunteers appointed by the PA to serve in different grassroots organisations (GROs) where they gather feedback from residents, help …

The Workers’ Party (WP) is doing its best to maximise the limited resources it has and to be an effective representative in Parliament for its voters and their electoral base in general, said Party chairperson Sylvia Lim. In a question and answer session with former WP Deputy Organising Secretary Kenneth Foo via a livestream on the Workers’ Party Youth Wing …

When Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was sworn in as Singapore’s third Prime Minister in 2004, he said that this was a generational change for Singapore, “a shift to the post-independence generation in post-Cold War world”. His inaugural address as the nation’s new prime minister hit all the expected high points from moving the nation forward, adapting to inevitable changes …