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During a visit to The Pinnacle@Duxton yesterday, MM Lee Kuan Yew reassured Singaporeans that HDB will continue to build “affordable” flats for them even as prices had sky-rocketed over the last few years, fueled partly by the relentless influx of foreigners into Singapore. The prices of HDB...

The flagrant media bias displayed by the mainstream media towards the Singapore opposition cannot be more obvious in the recent weeks. While the state media has given selected opposition politicians rare publicity from time to time like the article on Potong Pasir and opposition MP Chiam See...

During a brief, but detailed 10-minute speech, Mr Chiam described how lonely he was in parliament as one of the only two opposition MPs. The other MP is Workers’ Party MP Mr Low Thia Kiang. He was the only non-PAP MP in parliament between the years 1985 and 1991. Mr Chiam bemoaned the fact...

Veteran opposition MP Mr Chiam See Tong had issued a short statement on a revamped Singapore People Party’s website opposing the “cooling-off” day. Mr Chiam said the “cooling off” period is no more than “an attempt by the PAP to stave off the pressure put on it by the opposition.” He...

After lecturing China on how it should continue to grow and develop, Singapore’s MM Lee Kuan Yew now turn his attention to Japan. During a speech to more than 1,000 Japanese businessmen and guests at the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Singapore’s 40th anniversary celebrations, MM...

During a speech made last night at the 40th anniversary of the Harvard Club, Law Minister Mr K Shanmugam said that the presence of foreigners here, far from taking jobs away from locals, helps to generate more jobs for Singaporeans. Due to the ruling party’s liberal immigration policies, the...

The Straits Times has finally decided to published the news of Dr Chee Soon Juan’s acquittal from charges of speaking in public without a permit amusingly under its “breaking news” section a week later after it was first released on the SDP website. Dr Chee was charged with eight separate...

Following the outcry over the introduction of another ruse by the ruling party to tilt the playing field in its favor in the next elections, the Straits Times predictably runs a column to allay concerns and anxieties on the ground that the proposed “cooling-off” day will handicap the opposition...

According to a report by Business Times on 8 December 2009, Keppel Land said that it has two granted options to purchase units in Marina Bay Suites to a director of Keppel Land and his wife, and a director of Keppel Corporation (KepLand’s parent company) and his wife. Mr and Mrs Niam Chiang...

According to the Singapore National Olympic Council, Singapore will not be hosting the 2013 or 2015 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games due to repeated delays in the construction of the Sport Hub. The proposal to replace the aging National Stadium with a world class iconic Sports Hub was first...

A complete news blackout was imposed by the Singapore media on the acquittal of the Singapore Democratic Party’s Secretary-General Dr Chee Soon Juan of three remaining charges of speaking in public without a permit by the Attorney-General Chambers. Dr Chee was charged with eight separate...

In a luncheon address to think tanks and business leaders at the fifth Asia Economic Summit about what makes good governance and strong leadership today, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said that leaders may have to find the platform and momentum to drive difficult reforms in a crisis. Mr...

This forum by the Reform Party was held at the RELC Hotel on the 5 December 2009, Saturday, at the Napier Room on Level 5. Leading the seminar was the Secretary-General of the Reform Party, Kenneth Jeyaretnam. Other speakers included the Reform Party CEC (Central Executive Committee) member...

The large number of foreigners coming to work in Singapore’s two Integrated Resorts (IRs) are contributing to the demand for HDB flats especially in the Telok Blangah area. The Resort World Sentosa, run by Malaysia’s Genting Group was reportedly looking for hundreds of HDB flats for rent...

In an interview with Shin Min Daily, Ms Lim revealed that her interest in the martial arts was sparked after watching the Hong Kong movie – “Yip Man” depicting the life story of the teacher of Bruce Lee. Yip Man was the first Wing Chun master to teach the art openly in “Hong Kong” on a school...

A Singaporean by the name of Joshua Selvakumar had written to the Straits Times Forum today sharing his views on why Singapore doesn’t need a cooling-off day yet. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced lately that a cooling-off day on the eve of polling day when all forms of public...

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had cautioned against “politicizing” the education of Chinese language in Singapore which has sparked an intense debate lately following MM Lee Kuan Yew’s recent admission that some “mistakes” had been made in the past. “If you politicise this and ask what is...

American citizen and former Singaporean Mr Gopalan Nair had revealed the circumstances surrounding the conviction of the late opposition leader J.B. Jeyaretnam in 1985 on his blog – the “Singapore Dissident” as part of his defence against the disciplinary proceedings commenced against him by the...

The opposition has not dismissed the idea of using the internet to reach out to the voters on the “cooling-off” day which will be introduced in the next general election. Under the new law, the minimum campaign period will be extended from nine to ten days. All forms of mass rallies, home...