Politics

Following the dissolution of Thai Raksa Chart, the party that fielded Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi as its candidate for the Prime Minister post in the upcoming 24 Mar election, former members of the Party have announced a “Moving Forward for Democracy” campaign in a bid to prevent the retention of military junta rule in Thailand. Bloomberg reported on Sat …

While the attribution to “a general slacking in the public service” is “too sweeping”, there will be “grave consequences” if the pattern of serious lapses in public service in the recent months is not rectified, opines Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies and Editor-At-Large with The Straits Times Han Fook Kwang. Chinese-language daily Lianhe Zaobao, in …

In the aftermath of Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi’s nomination by the Thai Raksa Chart party for the Prime Minister post in the upcoming election, Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ruled on the dissolution of the Thaksin Shinawatra-linked party on Thursday (7 Mar). The ruling, which is final and binding, was delivered at the court “amid 1,000-strong security in a 500m …

During the Q&A session at the United Nations Association of Singapore Model UN (UNASMUN 2018) on 18th December, Speaker of Parliament Mr Tan Chuan-Jin was asked by a member of the audience, Jael Koh, whether there was systemic discrimination against Singaporean Malays. Mr Tan diverted by asking the audience member, whether he had any experience as a volunteer. Mr Tan, …

It would be fair to say that at a grassroots level, most people would look to their elected Member of Parliament (MP) as their representative in Parliament on their bread and butter issues. In this regard, it is therefore important for the MP in question to be deeply engaged with the sentiments, concerns and needs of his or her constituents …

The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has released a statement claiming that the People’s Action Party (PAP) has followed SDP’s lead when Education Minister Ong Ye Kung proposed to abolish secondary school streaming. It appears that, in its policy proposal Educating for Creativity and Equality: An Agenda for Transformation, SDP mentioned that, “Therefore under the SDP’s education plan, the PSLE will …

Animal activist and PAP MP, Louis Ng, told Parliament yesterday (27 Feb) that he wants streaming in secondary schools to be eliminated to ensure social mixing and prevent the stigmatization faced by students in Normal streams. Currently, streaming is used to separate students according to academic ability based on their PSLE score. That is, they would be streamed in secondary …

The Straits Times reported today (28 Feb) that the CEO of CPF Board, RADM (NS) Ng Chee Peng would be stepping down on 1 Apr after 30 years in public service. A new chief, Augustin Lee who is currently the Deputy Secretary of MOM will be taking over from RADM (NS) Ng. MOM, in a statement yesterday (27 Feb), thanked …

The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has expressed its willingness to join its efforts with those of other opposition parties in Singapore to achieve a common goal, namely “a freer and more democratic Singapore”. Speaking at the SDP General Election Campaign Kick-Off at Mandarin Orchard on Saturday (23 Feb), party chairman Paul Tambyah said: “We are happy to work with other …

Singapore is certainly no stranger to being sensitive about so called “foreign interference” in our domestic affairs. It is after all in name of the foreign bogeyman that our former Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) has sued numerous foreign publications for commenting on the domestic affairs of our nation state. LKY had also used the alleged threat of …