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EDITOR’S NOTE: The Government is often fond of “using the right hand to slap the left hand” to give the public a semblance, but not the real substance, of accountability.If the Government was truly sincere about making the entire machinery accountable and transparent to the public, it should begin at the very top echelons. Not ...
Ms Leong Ching, a PhD student at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, and Professor Tommy Koh, chairman of the Governing Council of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum, are reportedly planning to lobby all ministries, statutory boards, Temasek-linked companies, and educational institutions to consider stopping the practice of serving bottled water, on the basis that bottled … 
New Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) Calvin Cheng has written an atrocious letter to TODAY newspaper betraying not only his absence of a sense of accountability, but also his complete lack of political acumen. I am truly shocked by his letter. 
Straits Times letter by Mr Victor Goh10 July 2009ST linkTHE ban imposed on financial institutions by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (’MAS acts against 10 institutions’, Wednesday), as a result of its investigation on the sale and marketing of Lehman-linked structured notes, appears to be a symbolic act rather than concrete action to redress the ... 
It was reported recently in Channel News Asia that around 12,000 foetuses are aborted every year in Singapore, with doctors claiming that not enough people are using contraceptives, or are using them incorrectly. However, one must go beyond the superficial numbers presented and seek to understand the underlying reasons for those abortions. Although the Channel News Asia …
Source: Straits Times, 09 July 2009Cooling off period; extra care with elderly investors; better trainingBy Fiona ChanBANKS are becoming stricter on how they sell investment products after the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) found lapses in the sale of structured products linked to failed investment bank Lehman Brothers.Just hours after the MAS released its …
Source: Straits Times, 09 July 2009A growing number like him have flouted rule on unauthorised travelBy Carolyn Quek & Teh Joo LinWHEN a retiree flew to Vietnam on his son’s passport in June last year, the immigration authorities came under fire.But it has since come to light that his son – an undischarged bankrupt barred ...
Source: Straits Times, 08 July 2009THE compensation offered by financial institutions to investors pales in comparison to the total amount that was initially invested in the toxic structured notes, according to latest figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).Brokerage firm UOB Kay Hian offered the lowest proportion – just 1 per cent or $90,000 ...
Written by Ng E-Jay03 July 2009In my previous article From stifled dissent to managed dissent, I discussed how the ruling PAP is gradually adapting to an approach of soft authoritarianism, replacing blatantly oppressive tactics like the use of the ISA on political opponents with the subtle managing of dissent through token liberalization of the rules ... 
THERE has been a growing number of cases where children have abused their parents physically. Some have involved perpetrators still in their teens. The assault of parents - the very people who gave life, love and sustenance to their children - ranks among the lowest of the low.
ST letter (online) by Mr Goh Shi Hai, 23 June 2009ST linkFOR the past few months, dead fish have been seen floating at the shoreline of Marina Reservoir, near Kallang Basin.Many dragonboat rowers who use the reservoir have also been suffering skin infections. Even with small cuts and abrasions, recovery is complicated, often developing into ...
Written by Ng E-Jay23 June 2009In his no-holes-barred masterpiece Requiem for an unbending Singaporean, former President C.V. Devan Nair recounted how, after J.B. Jeyaretnam had won the 1981 Anson by-election, the then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew said that he would make him “crawl on his bended knees, and beg for mercy“.But the former Worker’s ...
Quick Snippets from the Editor18 June 2009It was reported in the Straits Times that Singapore’s birth rate dipped slightly to 1.28 last year, down a notch from 1.29 the previous year.At th …
Source: Straits Times, 17 June 2009by Sue-Ann Chia, Senior Political CorrespondentA RECENT report by a ministerial committee found that low-wage workers have made ’significant progress’ in …
Written by Ng E-Jay16 June 2009It was reported in Monday’s edition of the Straits Times that a new park in Bishan, called the Bishan Harmony Park, has been created to allow residents to mi …
Ng E-Jay / Current Affairs Desk, The Online Citizen22 June 2009THE NATIONAL Population Secretariat announced on Wednesday that Singapore’s total population grew to 4.84 million in 2008, wi …
It is with very heavy hearts that the Singapore Democrat and Friends write this about Anthony Yeo, consultant therapist at Care and Counselling Centre. Anthony passed on last evening due to complications that arose from the cancer that he had been suffering from.
Source: Channel News Asia, 20 June 2009SINGAPORE: It may not be long before Singapore sees a sustained community spread of the H1N1 flu.On Friday authorities confirmed what may be three locally transmitted H1N1 cases, bringing the number of possible community cases to four.It also brings Singapore closer to the mitigation phase of coping with the ...
Source: Channel News Asia, 21 June 2009SINGAPORE : Singapore has confirmed another 23 cases of the H1N1 flu, bringing to 126 the total so far.Of the 23 new cases, eight are local cases from two clusters of local transmission.The first is the Riverlife Church, which saw five students fall ill after attending its services on ...
By Dr Wong Wee Nam29 May 2009When the President opened the new session of the 11th Parliament last week, he said, “Our political system is not set in stone. Singapore politics must evolve …
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