SG Economy

Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has come out strongly against the proposed changes to our electoral system outlined by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his speech today. The opposition political party said that the electoral system is not for the...

Speaking to the local media after the Prime Minister's speech in Parliament today, Workers' Party's head-honcho, Mr Low Thia Khiang, expressed that the proposed changes to the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) scheme may undermine the opposition parties here...

In his maiden speech in the 13th Parliament, MP for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, Liang Eng Hwa, shifted the blame for students feeling stressed in our highly competitive school culture to principals. In his speech the MP said, “I agree with...

In 1991, after Mr Low Thia Khiang was elected by the residents of Hougang as their MP, he observed a sharp rise in the indiscriminate disposal of bulky items and furniture at the lift lobby and common areas of...

Many Singaporeans may be skeptical of Government announcements like, "public housing has remained largely affordable to most Singaporeans". But the situation here is certainly not as dire as in Hong Kong where the high property prices have prevented young...

By: Richard Wan CNA reported on 23 Jan that the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Chan Chun Sing, told the St Gallen Symposium Singapore Forum that instead of blindly chasing conventional definitions of success, society must have diverse groups...

Socio-political commentator Alex Au has given his views on the topic of the Singaporean-Kiwi trying to dodge National Service (NS) and said that the real reason why Singapore ties itself in illogical knots over the issue of NS is because of...

Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) Leon Perera visited the constituency he contested in at the last election yesterday. He shared some pictures of this visit to East Coast constituency, and shared the thoughts of some the residents there. During his visit, he had...

By: Ravi Philemon In his column for The Straits Times its editor-at-large, Han Fook Kwang, had this to say about the pending changes to our electoral system: "Whenever the Singapore electorate has been asked to decide, it has shown itself to...

A 19-year-old Singaporean who is also a citizen of New Zealand, Brandon Smith, does not want to return here from Dunedin, New Zealand to serve his National Service. Brandon moved to New Zealand with his family when he was eight and...