Get real and be psychologically prepared, things can go wrong in our region: PM Lee
This year’s National Day Parade on 9 August was such a joyous occasion, coming after 2 pandemic years. The joy was palpable as 25,000 watched the parade live with many more thousands glued to their TV set at home. While we were celebrating with an exuberance, another event took place on the same day that […]
PSP Leong Mun Wai displays characteristics of misinformants with misleading statements on new citizens and NS
Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said that PSP Leong Mun Wai’s assertion that “citizens by registration are not doing NS” is inaccurate and misleading. New male citizens who stayed in Singapore when young and enjoyed economic and social benefits are enlisted when they reach 18 years of age or older. They number on average 3,400 […]
377A and safeguarding the current legal position on marriage so that it cannot be challenged in court
Many Singaporeans agree that sex between men should not be a crime. But most also do not want the current position of marriage being between a man and a woman to be changed. The Government is considering how best to balance this, said Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam on Saturday (July 30). What […]
The Independent Singapore (TISG) pofma-ed over deceptive clickbait article on K Shanmugam
A correction direction has been issued to The Independent Singapore (TISG) and Mr Toh Han Shih. TISG had, on 21 April 2022, published an article with the headline “K Shanmugam says he may step down as Singapore’s Minister of Law and Home Affairs” on its website, Facebook page and Twitter account. The headline was deceptive […]
WP Sylvia Lim satisfied with Shanmugam’s reply, says no need for forensic examination of her phone
The anticipated drama did not happen after all and Singapore is spared being dragged through the mud of another political game. Workers’ Party MP Sylvia Lim met the Police on 23 February 2022 at the Police’s request regarding a notification that appears similar to what Apple had sent to various Apple phone users, the Police […]
Sylvia Lim’s Apple phone hack warning and the political games she plays
Singapore state agencies did not hack WP Sylvia Lim’s iPhone, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam told Parliament on Friday, 18 Feb. The Minister’s response came after an exchange between Ms Lim and Minister of State for Home Affairs Desmond Tan on the government’s use of spyware. Ms Lim said she had received a […]
We need FICA because small states like Singapore are often pawns in a game of global influence
A recent investigation by international news agency Reuters, revealed that China’s embassy in Washington pressured business executives to urge members of Congress to weaken or drop specific Bills that would enhance US competitiveness in the semiconductor industry. In the brazenly worded letters, Chinese officials warned senior executives at US companies that they would risk losing […]
Workers’ Party’s home-renting suggestion will bring Singapore back to more than 50 years ago
The Workers’ Party proposed that home-renting be made mainstream to create a diversity of housing options. Speaking in an adjournment motion on 2 November 2021, Workers’ Party MP Louis Chua said that home renting would satisfy the needs of young couples to increase fertility rate, cater to freelancers without a fixed income and provide greater […]
Security officers are vital partners of the Home Team
Private security officers can look forward to significantly higher wages in the coming years. This comes after proposals put forth by a tripartite committee on the security wage ladder were accepted by the Government on Friday (Nov 12). With this update, the basic monthly wage for security officers who are the lowest-ranked on the ladder […]
Home ownership is not superior to home renting: WP MP Louis Chua
MP Louis Chua of the Workers’ Party said that one of the biggest misconceptions is that home ownership is superior to home renting. In his adjournment motion on 2 November 2021, Mr Chua pushed for a greater diversity of housing options. The key problem, he said, is the “severe shortage” of Housing Board (HDB) rental […]