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‘Ong Ye Kung To Resign From Minister To MOH & MMTF !’ – Netizens petition

Singapore  A petition has been started, calling for the immediate resignation of Health Minister and member of the Multi-Ministry Taskforce against Covid-19, Ong Ye Kung.

The petition, started a week ago by one Heather F, addressed to Mr Ong himself.

“You have not implemented ANYTHING of value to tackle  Covid-19, however, all you did was just remove every good initiative that was currently in place. Although we have a highly vaccinated population, does not mean we can’t be careful as well! Mind you, the elderly and pregnant women can get very ill. Children cannot be vaccinated as well”, the petitioner wrote, explaining that as soon as Mr Ong took the post over from Mr Gan Kim Yong, Singapore’s Covid-19 situation drastically worsened.

Read more here. 


 

Disciplinary tribunal hearing vs prosecutors in Parti Liyani case ended after 4 days

Singapore — A disciplinary inquiry carried out in response to a complaint from acquitted Indonesian helper Parti Liyani was held over the course of four days, from Sept 6 to 9.

THE HEARING WAS CARRIED OUT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, WITH MS PARTI, WHO HAD FLOWN HOME IN JANUARY, TESTIFYING THROUGH A VIDEO LINK. 

Ms Parti’s conviction for theft was overturned on Sept 4, 2020, and she was acquitted of the charges. Justice Chan Seng Onn noted in his decision that there was “reason to believe that the Liew family… took the pre-emptive first step to terminate” Ms Parti to prevent her from filing a complaint of illegal deployment.

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VIDEO: Amy Khor sleeping in Parliament goes viral: ‘S’poreans begin to understand why PAP refused live stream sessions’, netizen says

Singapore ― After a video of Amy Khor sleeping in Parliament went viral over the weekend, one netizen commented that Singaporeans then understood why it took so long before Parliamentary sessions were live-streamed.

Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment Amy Khor was caught on camera snoozing in Parliament, in a 20-second clip. The video, shared by one Philip Ang on Facebook on Friday (Sept 17) garnered almost 500 shares and 283 reactions.

He captioned the video: “Thanks to MP Amy Khor, Singaporeans have begun to understand why PAP had refused to live stream Parliament”.

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Leong Mun Wai: We didn’t expect to win jobs debate with odds against us, we aimed to raise awareness

Singapore — After last week’s marathon debate on jobs and foreign workers’ policies, Progress Singapore Party’s Leong Mun Wai took to Facebook to say that the “real” debate has just begun.

Mr Leong, PSP’s Non-Constituency Member of Parliament, filed a motion that centred around the “widespread anxiety among Singaporeans on jobs and livelihoods caused by the foreign talent policy” that was discussed in the Sept 14 debate.

The ten-hour debate got heated at times and even featured a ‘hot mic’ moment wherein Mr Leong was called “illiterate” by a PAP minister in a whispered comment.

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Singapore has among the most expensive fake vaccination cards/certificates in the world

Singapore — As the anti-vaccination movement has gained a foothold in many countries, even while tighter restrictions are imposed for non-vaccinated individuals, some have resorted to forging cards and certificates, presumably to travel, maybe even to work.

These documents that verify one’s vaccination status do not come cheap, and in Singapore, they can set you back as much as $400, according to a Coconuts report.

In Thailand, they cost around a quarter of that price, and in Malaysia, even less.

Read more here.