Leong Mun Wai issued POFMA for social media posts riddled with falsehoods
The Secretary-General of PSP Leong Mun Wai was issued with a POFMA for publishing falsehoods on Facebook and Instagram that a couple residing in West Coast did not receive financial assistance other than a caregiving grant. Mr Leong identified the couple with a photograph. He has since taken down the posts and put up another […]
Number of adults using SimplyGo continue to increase even after LTA’s announcement to extend use of ezlink cards
Since LTA’s announcement on 22 January 2024 that LTA would extend the CBT (card-based ticketing) system for adult commuters till at least 2030, the proportion of adult commuters using SimplyGo has continued to increase, Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat revealed in Parliament (5 Feb 2024) In December 2023, 41% of adult commuters were using bank […]
Iswaran charged, will return salary and allowance, focus on clearing his name
Former Minister for Transport, S Iswaran appeared in court yesterday (18 Jan 2024). 27 charges were filed against him. On 16 January 2024, Mr Iswaran wrote to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to resign as a Cabinet Minister and as a member of the People’s Action Party (PAP). He also resigned as Member of Parliament […]
Singapore Retains World’s Top Maritime Centre For 10th Consecutive Year
Singapore retained its lead as the world’s top maritime centre in the Xinhua Baltic International Shipping Centre Development (ISCD) Index. This is the 10th consecutive year that Singapore has achieved this. The latest Xinhua-Baltic ISCD index published this year by the Baltic Exchange and China’s Xinhua News Agency, ranked Singapore as the leading maritime centre […]
The Online Citizen strikes again – spreading falsehood about Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong!
Recently, the National Trades Union Congress held its annual May Day Rally to celebrate workers in Singapore. Present at the event were union leaders and political office holders – the likes of Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. DPM Wong gave a speech at May Day Rally 2023, addressing the […]
Resident in Sengkang hurt her shoulder when the elevator suddenly rose to the top floor
A resident’s shoulder was injured… An elevator at Sengkang failed and suddenly rose to the top floor, which caused an injury to a female resident during the ride, and it was suspended for three months by the Workers’ Party-run Sengkang Town Council. According to Mr Chua, a resident at Block 158D Rivervale Crescent, the elevator […]
Should land for public housing in Singapore be priced at a nominal rate?
You’ve heard this before: that land for HDB flats should be priced lower, even at a nominal fee of $1 because it is land for public housing. After all, land assets, as part of the reserves, belong to the people. The problem with this line of reasoning is that public housing in Singapore has taken […]
Iswaran to Jamus Lim: there’s a need to square the circle, to explain where the money is coming from
“Fundamentally, there is a need to explain where the money is going to come from,” Transport Minister Iswaran tells WP MP Jamus Lim. The WP MP had called for free transport for seniors and persons with disabilities. He also described Minister Iswaran’s remarks on how free transport would impact fare increase on other commuters as […]
Singapore’s Food Delivery Riders: Who’s Fighting for Them, Really?
When Circuit Breaker kicked in on 7 April 2020, the rules were fairly straightforward with regard to dining in: we couldn’t dine in. Everything from fine-dining restaurants and hawker centres to cafes and bubble tea stores were strictly limited to deliveries and takeaways only. While this posed at least some inconvenience for everyday Singaporeans like […]
TRSAF A330 MRTT Deployed to Assist US Evacuation Operations
The United States (US) Government has accepted Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s offer of assistance in the evacuation of Afghanistan evacuees, Mindef said in a press release. During the recent visit by the US Vice President Kamala Harris to Singapore, PM Lee had made the offer to her. The Vice President had thanked PM Lee […]