Politics

Government feedback and engagement agency REACH yesterday (24 Mar) said that more than 80 per cent of Singaporeans supported the Merdeka Generation Package announced in this year’s Budget. This was the results from the Budget 2019 Feedback Exercise, which saw 4,500 Singaporeans responding to REACH’s survey, it revealed. REACH said it engaged 2,601 of these respondents through face-to-face meets at …

Changi Airport Group Vice President for Terminal 5 Planning, Future Systems, Poh Li San that she would gladly serve Sembawang residents as a People’s Action Party politician if given the chance. Addressing rumours that she might be fielded as a PAP candidate in the next general elections, Ms Poh said it was still too early to tell if she would …

People’s Voice Party chief, Lim Tean posted a message on his Facebook page revealing that many young families he talked to at Punggol-Pasir Ris are complaining about the high cost of living in Singapore. In particular, the high cost of living is discouraging young couples to have a second kid due to the high cost of childcare and pre-school in …

Returning Central Provident Fund (CPF) sums in full, the sizing down of ministerial salaries, and the implementation of minimum wage for Singaporeans are among the reforms proposed in the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP)’s latest policy paper. “A Better Life For All: Lowering the Cost of Living In Singapore”, launched on Sat (16 Mar), also proposed the reduction of healthcare costs …

Quoting the 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer survey, local media, the Straits Times published a front page news today saying that Singaporeans’ trust in the government as well as the mainstream media has gone up (‘Singaporeans’ trust up in Government and media: Survey‘, 18 Mar). “The 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer – a survey of people’s sentiment about four key institutions in …

The Registrar of Societies has approved, “in principle”, an application made by former presidential candidate and former People’s Action Party (PAP) Member of Parliament (MP) Tan Cheng Bock to form a new political party. In an announcement made via Facebook on Sat (16 Mar), Dr Tan wrote: “In response to the many queries on the status of the registration of …

The Singapore Democratic Party is launching their Cost of Living Policy this weekend on 16 March. This initiative was announced at their Campaign Kick-Off last month. Cost of living is a major concern for Singaporeans and the country is already one of the most expensive cities to live in. As such, the SDP is proposing to lower the cost of …

The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) stressed that the acquisition of F-35 fighter jets by the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is for Singapore’s own defence deterrence and not directed against, or to align itself with, any particular country. The ministry was responding to a report by American news outlet CNN, titled “The message to China behind Singapore’s US F-35 …

Current Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat has now been portrayed in media outlets since his appointment as 1st assistant Secretary-General of People’s Action Party as the most likely candidate to be the next Prime Minister of Singapore. According to the latest Blackbox survey published in Dec 2018, 3 in 5 respondents were said to have a favorable impression of the …

The Chinese media published an article today (11 Mar) “speculating” that former SAF scholar cum grassroots leader, Ms Poh Li San, may be a new PAP candidate running in the coming GE. The Chinese media reported that in Nov last year, Ms Poh became the Vice Chairman of PAP Sembawang Branch. Two months later, her face suddenly appeared on Minister …