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Less profits, less subsidies: PAP MPs spill hard truths about cheaper HDB flats

From bold things to hard truths, PAP MPs highlight the trade-offs that Singaporeans incur with alternative housing policies.

7 February 2023

4 mins read

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Opposition gives attractive housing alternatives but not frank about trade-offs: Desmond Lee

Singaporeans now and in future have to suffer the trade-offs.

6 February 2023

2 mins read

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Reasons for funding SPH Media still valid despite inflated circulation: Josephine Teo

The PAP Government’s commitment to funding SPH Media Trust (SMT) remains unchanged despite recent findings that the newspaper publishing business had inflated circulation numbers. This was announced by Minister for Communications and Information, Mrs ...

6 February 2023

2 mins read

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PAP Govt adopts zero tolerance on corruption, adheres to rule of law: Indranee on Keppel case

This PAP Government’s stance on corruption remains unchanged — Singapore adopts a zero tolerance stance on corruption, which must comply with the rule of law. That was the gist of what Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Indranee Rajah said in P

6 February 2023

3 mins read

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PARL Preview: PAP MPs file questions on SPH Media Trust & Keppel corruption case

Parliament (PARL) will be in session this coming Monday (Feb 6) and Tuesday (Feb 7), and accountability and transparency are on the agenda. Some must-watches: Our PAP MPs have submitted questions about the SPH Media Trust and Keppel Offshore & Ma ...

3 February 2023

2 mins read

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Corruption has no place in S’pore; facts to be explained in Parliament: Indranee Rajah on Keppel case

Singapore and the PAP Government do not condone or tolerate corruption and will continue to take this position, Minister Indranee Rajah said in a Facebook post published on Feb 2. She was addressing the Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (KOM) case, wh

2 February 2023

1 min read

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Public housing motion: PAP Govt commits to affordable & accessible public housing for S’poreans present & future

Affordable, accessible public housing is a vital issue for the PAP Government. This has been the case since the earliest days of Singapore’s independence and will continue to be for future generations of Singaporeans. The PAP Government will affirm t ...

31 January 2023

2 mins read

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S’poreans need & deserve honest, constructive debates in Parliament

We call on all Singaporeans to reject such sloganeering masking as political leadership.

13 January 2023

2 mins read

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Govt will do more to provide help for vulnerable if economic situation worsens: DPM Wong

Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong assured Singaporeans that the Government will do more to help if economic situation worsens significantly. “You have my word that if the situation worsens significantly, we will be prepared to do more, especially t ...

4 July 2022

1 min read

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MOE for schools must become MOE for life: Chan Chun Sing

Ministry of Education (MOE) must take a life course approach to education, said Education Minister Chan Chun Sing in his Committee of Supply speech on Mar 7. “‘MOE for schools’, must become ‘MOE for life’,” he reit ...

7 March 2022

2 mins read

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COMPASS points to a future with strong S’porean core

Just a few days ago, NTUC’s Deputy Secretary-General Chee Hong Tat presented in Parliament the labour movement’s approach of better growth, protection and skills, or GPS. Underscoring the importance of charting the right direction, Manpow ...

5 March 2022

1 min read

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Response of the day: Tan See Leng urges PSP NCMP to not undermine cohesiveness

Manpower Minister Tan See Leng urged Progress Singapore Party’s Mr Leong Mun Wai not to undermine the cohesiveness that the country has painstakingly built over the years in his Committee of Supply speech on Mar 4. Here’s an excerpt of hi ...

4 March 2022

1 min read

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Budget 2022: Upper-income contributes more & lower-income benefits more is fairest system

Here’s a story that us Asians can relate to: Imagine a family consisting of two elderly parents and three sons. Though the sons’ fortunes differ, both parents did their utmost best to raise them up and gave them all they could to

4 March 2022

2 mins read

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Response of the day: K Shanmugam rebuts WP MP’s suggestion for ombudsman

In his reply to Workers’ Party’s Leon Perera’s call for an ombudsman on Mar 3, Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said Singapore’s system already has processes to check on any wrongdoing, even by the Government, and urged Mr Pe ...

4 March 2022

1 min read

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Inclusiveness a central tenet in Budget 2022

The 2022 Budget’s broad-based tax approach is the strongest signal yet that the government is determined to keep Singapore as an inclusive and fair society. Every Singaporean has a stake in Singapore, every Singaporean has a stake in each other, rega ...

3 March 2022

2 mins read

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The curious case of déjà vu in Parliament

In the seminal masterpiece The Matrix, the protagonist named Neo saw a black cat walked by, shook itself and a split second later, he witnessed an exact black cat walked by and behaved in the same way. He uttered: “Déjà vu,” making

13 January 2022

2 mins read

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Indranee Rajah reprimands PSP’s Leong Mun Wai for failing to substantiate allegations against teachers

The privilege of being able to speak freely in Parliament must be exercised responsibly.

11 January 2022

2 mins read

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Divorce must be last resort; if inevitable, welfare of children must be protected : Sun Xueling

At the first Parliament sitting of 2022, amendments to the Women’s Charter were passed, including the option of divorce by mutual agreement (DMA). Minister of State for Social and Family Development Sun Xueling said during the second reading of ...

11 January 2022

9 mins read

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The sole purpose of FICA is, will always be, the prevention of foreign powers from interfering with our domestic matters

Parliament passed the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Bill (FICA) on Oct. 4, 2021 — three years after it was first raised. Amidst the many questions raised and the robust debate from both sides of the aisle, we must not lose sight of the

10 October 2021

3 mins read

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Economic Openness and Cultural Diversity are key to Singapore’s success

As a globally connected city-state, Singapore is heavily dependent on foreign investments and talent to grow our economy and improve lives of Singaporeans. As a multicultural and multiethnic society, Singapore’s social stability depends on the close ...

20 September 2021

3 mins read

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Less profits, less subsidies: PAP MPs spill hard truths about cheaper HDB flats

Opposition gives attractive housing alternatives but not frank about trade-offs: Desmond Lee

Reasons for funding SPH Media still valid despite inflated circulation: Josephine Teo

PAP Govt adopts zero tolerance on corruption, adheres to rule of law: Indranee on Keppel case

PARL Preview: PAP MPs file questions on SPH Media Trust & Keppel corruption case

Corruption has no place in S’pore; facts to be explained in Parliament: Indranee Rajah on Keppel case

Public housing motion: PAP Govt commits to affordable & accessible public housing for S’poreans present & future

S’poreans need & deserve honest, constructive debates in Parliament

Govt will do more to provide help for vulnerable if economic situation worsens: DPM Wong

MOE for schools must become MOE for life: Chan Chun Sing

COMPASS points to a future with strong S’porean core

Response of the day: Tan See Leng urges PSP NCMP to not undermine cohesiveness

Budget 2022: Upper-income contributes more & lower-income benefits more is fairest system

Response of the day: K Shanmugam rebuts WP MP’s suggestion for ombudsman

Inclusiveness a central tenet in Budget 2022

The curious case of déjà vu in Parliament

Indranee Rajah reprimands PSP’s Leong Mun Wai for failing to substantiate allegations against teachers

Divorce must be last resort; if inevitable, welfare of children must be protected : Sun Xueling

The sole purpose of FICA is, will always be, the prevention of foreign powers from interfering with our domestic matters

Economic Openness and Cultural Diversity are key to Singapore’s success

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