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Time to reinstate workers' rights, says SDP
Statement from the Singapore Democratic Party on the SMRT workers' strike: Time to reinstate workers' rights Singapore's workers have been exploited for far too long. Since the detention of opposition...
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Baying for a pound of flesh - and more
By Andrew Loh Can you take the life of someone, anyone, based on dubious arguments alone? It seems you can, from what our ministers said in Parliament recently on the changes to the mandatory death...
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A collective memory of the late Mr Tay Hong Seng
The following is a tribute from friends of Mr Tay Hong Seng, one of the Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees of Operation Spectrum in 1987. Mr Tay passed away on 26 November. 30 Nov 2012 Tay Hong...
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State-sanctioned killing a cop-out, says ex-NMP
The following is the unedited letter to the Straits Times by former Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) Calvin Cheng. You can read the edited version in the Straits Times here. Dear Sir I refer to the...
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The forum that almost wasn't
By Jewel Philemon Imagine organizing an event for a hundred people. You make reservations at a hotel, invite special guests, members of the press, and pull out all the stops to make this event a...
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PH Exclusive: Tan Wah Piow - Exile with a cause
By Biddy Low Who is Tan Wah Piow? His is a name riddled with such fearful labels by our state's government and media - exile, rioter; "Marxist Mastermind." Yet as I sat with him in our video interview,...
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Surely, we can't be proud of MOM's actions
By Andrew Loh The decision by the authorities to repatriate 29 of the Chinese SMRT workers is deplorable. There didn’t seem to have been consideration accorded to the mitigating factors which were...
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Train announcements in English and Chinese only - SMRT explains
Below is the response from the SMRT to a query by publichouse.sg's editor-in-chief, Andrew Loh, on why announcements on trains are in English and Chinese only. Some have observed this apparent anomaly...
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A collective memory of the late Mr Tay Hong Seng
The following is a tribute from friends of Mr Tay Hong Seng, one of the Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees of Operation Spectrum in 1987. Mr Tay passed away on 26 November. 30 Nov 2012 Tay Hong...
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Regional group condemns actions on SMRT workers
Press release by FORUM-ASIA: Singapore: Punitive action against bus drivers on strike condemned (Bangkok, 5 December 2012): Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) strongly condemned...
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SMRT strike – it’s about employees, not nationalities
To continue to parrot the argument that the workers did not and should not have taken things into their own hands is to be blind to the reality these workers face. And to stick our heads in the sand,...
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Surely, we can't be proud of MOM's actions
By Andrew Loh The decision by the authorities to repatriate 29 of the Chinese SMRT workers is deplorable. There didn’t seem to have been consideration accorded to the mitigating factors which were...
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Son molested but authorities disinterested
By Benjamin Loh One dad’s fight for fair treatment for his son who was bullied and molested. Frustration. Anger. Helplessness. These were the feelings evident when I interviewed Mr. Ong together with...
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Govt blinded by righteous application of the law
By Andrew Loh The government’s reaction to the SMRT strike is a missed opportunity to show exactly what Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in his National Day Rally speech – that Singapore should be...
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SMRT strike – it’s about employees, not nationalities
To continue to parrot the argument that the workers did not and should not have taken things into their own hands is to be blind to the reality these workers face. And to stick our heads in the sand,...
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Public has misunderstood Transport Minister's remarks: MP
By Andrew Loh Mr Gan Thiam Poh, MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, says the public transport fare review hopes to make the link between wages for public transport workers and fares clearer. This is “so...
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SMRT responsible for 'illegal' action by drivers: HOME
The following is an open letter to the SMRT Board of Directors by the Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME), on the recent SMRT strike. In her letter to the media, Ms Bridget Tan,...
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Son molested but authorities disinterested
By Benjamin Loh One dad’s fight for fair treatment for his son who was bullied and molested. Frustration. Anger. Helplessness. These were the feelings evident when I interviewed Mr. Ong together with...
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Leave the tough talk aside
By Andrew Loh The SMRT drivers who refused to go to work had complained about two things – their wages and their living conditions. Much has been said about their salaries and whether they should be...
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SMRT responsible for 'illegal' action by drivers: HOME
The following is an open letter to the SMRT Board of Directors by the Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME), on the recent SMRT strike. In her letter to the media, Ms Bridget Tan,...
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