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Allowing diversity of views while preserving Party discipline: lessons to learn from ex-NCMP Daniel Goh vs WP
Former Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) Daniel Goh revealed on Facebook on Sep 3 that Workers’ Party (WP) leadership has convened a disciplinary committee on his Facebook posts on the Raeesah Khan saga and he was called up for an intervie ...
Lightening the caregiving load of women
By Carrie Tan, MP for Nee Soon GRC and representative of PAP’s Women’s Wing One in four Singaporeans will be over 65 years old by 2030. This will become one in two, by 2050. Will Singapore be able to provide care for
Homes, not just houses — S’pore’s vision of home ownership
If you’re a first-time home buyer working hard chasing that BTO dream, the Government’s BTO exercises have you and your family specially in mind. More BTO units in non-mature estates are being set aside for first-timers — at least 85 per cent
Tripartite partnership even more crucial in post-Covid S’pore
It’s worth repeating this again: tripartism is the bedrock of an inclusive & progressive Singaporean society. After all, the Singapore success story cannot be told without the cooperation between employers, trade unions and the Government. ...
Ambitious T5 & Tuas Port projects reflect forward-looking nature of the Party
Singapore’s seaport and airport play a critical role in putting us on the map. So when Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced the updates of Tuas Port and Changi Airport’s Terminal 5 in his National Day Rally speech on Aug 21, people
Why repealing Section 377A now shouldn’t be seen as a lose-lose for all
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s announcement that Singapore will be repealing Section 377A of the Penal Code was met with a mixed bag of emotions. LGBT groups hailed the move as a “significant milestone” even though the corresponding ...
Petir explains: Why repeal Section 377A now?
In case you missed it, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said during his National Day Rally speech that Singapore will repeal Section 377A of the Penal Code and also amend Constitution to protect marriage from legal challenges. Here, Petir.sg explains t ...
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新加坡向来反对强权就是公理。俄乌战争爆发时，新加坡明确表态谴责俄罗斯，还对它采取了针对性的制裁。有人因此问政府，为什么要得罪俄罗斯？为什么要和美国站在同一阵线？新加坡何必“强出头”？ 李总理在昨晚的国庆群众大会华语演讲中，说明和分析了我国和世界各国的立场： 有些国家投弃权票 “联合国提呈谴责俄罗斯决议案时，世界各国的立场并不相同。 在亚洲国家当中，印度投了弃权票。印度的主要战略考量是与中国的关系。印度与中国之间存在 ...
Happy birthday S’pore. You deserve a real birthday celebration.
Dear country I love the most, It’s must have been tough for you: witnessing the havoc wreaked by the Covid-19 pandemic on your people over the past two years or so. To ward off the virus and protect Singaporeans, the Government rolled
Comment: Sports Hub PPP episode shows Party’s commitment to do right by S’pore
The Sports Hub Private Public Partnership (PPP) was canned by the government in June this year. With the termination, the government, through Sport SG, will take over the running of the Sports Hub and will pay a total of S$2.32 billion to
Trust we have in S’pore is most crucial & valuable resource: DPM Wong
The trust all Singaporeans have in Singapore is the most crucial and valuable resource and is something never to be taken for granted, said Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. Speaking to some 200 young people at the Harmonyworks! Conference 2022 on ...
What’s with these MRT seats at HDB estates?
If you were at a launch exhibition in Woodlands Drive last Saturday (Jul 17), you would have seen the following items that look more at home on a train: That’s right. MRT seats, handrail bar and straps and intercom covers? What are
Comment: Going through current wave with almost no SMMs feels like a win
I’m not sure about you but I’ve noticed a state of calm even though we are in the midst of yet another Covid-19 wave – this time brought about by the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron variants. There is no panic buying, peak-hour
Enabling our children to face the future with confidence
By Sun Xueling, Minister of State for Social and Family Development, and Home Affairs. Recently, I attended the launch of KidSTART Sea Adventures, an interactive stage drama at Aliwal Arts Centre. The play was written by an early childhood consultant ...
A single hanging of a drug trafficker is a tragedy; a million deaths from drug abuse is a statistic & other Sackur punches by Shanmugam
Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam resolutely defended Singapore’s stance on drug trafficking on HardTalk – a BBC programme on June 29, 2022. “I don’t have any doubts. Capital punishment is one aspect of a whole series of measures ...
Comment: Forward S’pore is also an important conversation about jobs in S’pore
By Malminderjit Singh On Tuesday (June 28, 2022), Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong launched the Forward Singapore initiative. This year-long exercise will help the PAP government review its social compact with Singaporeans and other stakeholders, ...
Confronting a perfect long storm
By Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam The pandemic, war in Ukraine, the threat to food security, and the resurgence of global poverty. Heatwaves, droughts, and other extreme weather events. These are not random shocks. Nor are they a perfect stor ...
Comment: Getting the kids acquainted with S’pore’s hawker culture
Stuffing my face silly at a hawker centre has always been my jam. There’s just something magical when you are shovelling spades of char kway teow, safe in the knowledge that if the wok hei-infused kway teow in my stomach ever needs
S’pore and Hong Kong have much to gain by working together
This op-ed first appeared on South China Morning Post on May 30, 2022 By Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean Singapore and Hong Kong enjoy excellent and long-standing relations, underpinned by strong economic ties, people-to-people links and regular exchan ...
3 reasons why you should remain calm despite recent uptick in Covid cases
With the recent uptick in Covid-19 cases, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung took to Facebook on May 12, 2022 to assuage the public’s worries ahead of the long weekend. He said that some members of the public have written to him expressing