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Opposition Politics: Where the Whole is Not Greater than the Sum of its Parts By Derek da Cunha With the announcement by the Malaysian Election Commission of the date of Malaysia’s 13th general election, the excitement level has gone up several notches in what is expected to be a very keenly...

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The following is my prediction for the next GE for the electoral divisions WP will likely contest. In 2011 WP contested: GRCs: Aljunied: 5 East Coast: 5 Moulmein-Kallang: 4 Nee Soon: 5 SMCs: Hougang Joo Chiat Punggol East Sengkang West TOTAL candidates: 23 In 2016 the following are...

WP's four new faces Posted on Jan 24, 2013 1:00 AM Updated: Jan 24, 2013 4:38 PM, ST singapolitics By Robin Chan, Andrea Ong National University of Singapore sociologist Daniel Goh made his maiden speech at an election rally last night, formally announcing that he is a Workers’ Party...

Asst. Prof. Eugene Tan: Although it is a four-cornered contest, the race will effectively be a two-horse race. The Workers' Party (WP) and the incumbent People's Action Party (PAP) are the main contenders. The by-election is a battle, a way station for them as they move towards the next...

Political observer Siew Kum Hong told Yahoo! Singapore the whole episode has damaged SDP's standing. "The SDP's decision to not contest is an 180-degree turn from their previous statements... Voters will only elect parties that are credible and predictable; the SDP's statements and actions...

Ensure parties follow 'no campaigning' rule before Nomination Day Published on Jan 15, 2013, ST Forum THE Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) and the Reform Party have both expressed their interest in contesting the Punggol East by-election. In the last few days, leaders and representatives...

Workers’ Party picked the right person in Lee Li Lian: pundits By Satish Cheney | Yahoo! Newsroom – 2 hours 24 minutes ago There had been much speculation that the Worker’s Party could be fielding Non-Constituency MP (NCMP) Gerald Giam for the Punggol East by-election instead of the...

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Ooi Boon Ewe intends to run in Punggol East by-election By Kimberly Spykerman | Posted: 10 January 2013 1236 hrs SINGAPORE: The man who failed in his bids to contest in the 2011 General and Presidential elections said he'll be back as an independent candidate in the Punggol East...

WP will contest Punggol East, keeping mum on candidate Published on Jan 09, 2013, ST 7:54 PM By Andrea Ong The Workers' Party has confirmed that it will contest the Punggol East by-election but will unveil its candidate at a later date, said WP secretary-general Low Thia Khiang on...

Thai woman detained for drug trafficking Published on Dec 27, 2012, ST By Lim Yi Han Checkpoint officers detained a Thai woman on Wednesday after they found 3.2kg of methamphetamine hydrochloride, also known as ice, in her haversack. The 29-year-old suspect was at an immigration counter at...

Cyclist trapped under car at junction of Lorong Marzuki Posted: 26 December 2012 1239 hrs SINGAPORE: A cyclist suffered head injuries after he ended up under a car following a collision. The accident happened at the junction of Lorong Marzuki and Sims Avenue East in the direction of...

A Washington Post story exhorts jobless Americans to seek jobs overseas, in such places like Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, and Singapore. An extract: "Sean Love, 27, traded a job as a medical research assistant in an 'understaffed and underfunded' lab at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore for a...

Romney loses thousands of Facebook 'friends' post election ELECTIONS 2012 NOVEMBER 11, 2012 BY: PHYLLIS L. SMITH ASINYANBI As Mitt Romney waved goodbye to supporters, they are now saying final goodbyes to him, via Facebook. Credits: Reuters/Jim Young Often the people who friend or...

Mitt Romney 'Shellshocked' After Lost Election, Adviser Says The Huffington Post | By Daniel Lippman Posted: 11/08/2012 5:57 pm EST Updated: 11/09/2012 12:31 am EST WASHINGTON -- As Republicans search for reasons why they came up short in Tuesday's elections, anonymous Mitt Romney...

Is 2-party system good? 'Depends on parties' Student poll shows youth not blindly backing or rejecting such a system Out of 407 students polled by the NUS Political Association, support for parties were as follows: PAP -- 271 (66.5%) WP -- 122 (30%) SDP -- 6 SPP -- 4 NSP -- 3 SDA -- 1...

Mar 23, 2011, ST Breaking DPM Wong Kan Seng fires salvo at the opposition By Cassandra Chew DEPUTY Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng fired a salvo at opposition parties on Wednesday. He accused them of wanting to capture a group representation constituency (GRC) for the wrong reasons...

It was reported in today's ST that RP will swop candidates between Radin Mas and Pioneer SMCs. So far, after the implosion within the party, it seems that RP has only publicly identified 2 election candidates, i.e., for these 2 SMCs. It had previously said that it would contest in West Coast...

Nov 4, 2010, Straits Times MBS casino levy can be paid at AXS machines Critics say this makes it too easy for gamblers By Ng Kai Ling The levy can be paid either by credit card or Nets. There are more than 650 self-service AXS terminals here. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO ASIDE from...