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http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/264901,singapore-monk-shuns-middle-path-for-fast-lane.html Singapore monk shuns Middle Path for fast lane Singapore - Singapore's top Buddhist monk has lived a lavish lifestyle with name branded goods and nine gold credit cards, according to a report...

2 activists arrested for speaking out on Burmese issue Written by Ng E-Jay 12 Jan 2009, 1.30pm Two activists, Seelan Palay and Chong Kai Xiong, were arrested at around 1pm for staging a protest outside the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) Building over the...

NOTE: A fuller version of this article will appear at a later date, when the TBT trial has been concluded. Written by Ng E-Jay 24 October 2008 In late December last year, the SDP announced on their web site that an application had been made for a permit to hold a peaceful protest near...

15 October 2008 According to a media background brief released by the Attorney-General’s Chambers on 14 Oct, the Attorney-General has applied to court for contempt proceedings to be instituted against Tan Liang Joo John, Isrizal Bin Mohamed Isa and Muhammad Shafi’ie Syahmi Bin Sariman. John...

This is my response to Mr Syu Ying Kwok’s Straits Times forum letter which was published on 27 Sept. Entitled “Top dollar for star talent“, Mr Syu writes about how the US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson rescued the financial markets from calamity with a trillion dollar bailout package, and...

22 Sept 2008 If the public ever needed concrete proof that the recent liberalization of Speaker’s Corner for demonstrations is mere tokenism on the part of the authorities which hardly returns Singaporeans their basic rights, we should look no further than the banned event which was supposed...

26 Sept 2008 Mr Ng Kok Song, chief investment officer of GIC, told a press conference on Tuesday that the timing of GIC’s investments in Citigroup and UBS “could have been better”, but reiterated that he was “confident” both investments would offer long-term returns. (ST, “GIC achieves 4.5%...

Written by the Singapore Democrats Introduction National Service, or army conscription in Singapore, was first introduced in 1967 due to pressing issues such as national security after Singapore’s “forced” independence in 1965. In 1971, the British completely pulled out of Singapore. It has...

Written by Ng E-Jay 17 Sept 2008 Parliamentary debates sometimes detract from the real underlying issues, with both questioner and responder missing the forest for the trees. This phenomena was again observed during Parliament on Tuesday, 16 Sept 08. With regards to the PCF event at West...

Written by Ng E-Jay 17 Sept 2008 The Board of Films Censors (BFC) has approved and given ratings for a total of seven short political films produced by local film makers Ho Choon Hiong and Martyn See. Ho Choon Hiong had submitted his six films to the BFC for classification on 30 April 2008...

Written by Ng E-Jay 17 Sept 2008 Today, five activists handed a petition to the US embassy calling on the embassy to render Mr Gopalan Nair more assistance and work with the local authorities to expedite his request to return to the US to take care of his financial affairs and his law practice...

MORE PAP DOUBLE STANDARDS Written by See Leong Kit 4 September 2008 Status: rejected for publication I refer to your article “A Happy Ending” (Aug 31) on the pathetic ping-pong hoo-haa initiated by the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) President-cum-PAP MP Lee Bee Wah and her...

Written by Ng E-Jay 13 Sept 2008 The arrest of Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin, Sin Chew Daily News reporter Tan Hoon Cheng, and DAP’s Teresa Kok under Section 73(1) of the Malaysia’s Internal Security Act is nothing but a despicable, haphazard, and cowardly measure on the part of...

Written by Ng E-Jay 12 Sept 2008 The Government provides a monthly subsidy for working mothers who enlist the services of childcare or infantcare centres. But at least one childcare centre has seen fit to profit from this. On Thursday, activist housewife Jaslyn Go, who is mother of two kids...

Introduction The physical infrastructure and demographics of Singapore have undergone rapid transformation. Because of this change, there has been a strong demand for better means of transportation in the country. The latest problems such as the introduction of the Certificate of...

The following ST forum letter was published today:DSP Paul Tay, 09 Sept. ST link I REFER to last Thursday’s letter by Mr Tan Ghee Gay, ‘Why ‘no’ and ‘yes’?', regarding police decisions with respect to the Workers’ Party’s (WP) proposed mass cycling event last year, and the carnival on Aug 31...

Two major issues surrounding the Rule of Law in Singapore, listed below, are continually being raised in the mainstream press. In my opinion, they are cause for concern, because they reflect ambiguities and misconceptions about the Rule of Law that if left unchecked could lead to abuse of power...

When a proposal was made to convert an unused school, Serangoon Gardens Technical School, into a dormitory for foreign workers, residents of the nearby Serangoon Gardens private estate banded together to show their intense disapproval and displeasure. Over 1,600 residents out of the roughly...

Speech by Dr Chee Soon Juan at SDP’s Annual Dinner held on 31 Aug 2008. When I was in jail in 2006, I re-read the book Comet In Our Sky, a compilation of essays written by friends and associates of the late Lim Chin Siong. I will assume most of you here know Lim Chin Siong and will not...