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Reading "the right thing" under wrong circumstances
By Cheryl Marie Tay And so, as many of us had probably already expected, the MDA’s plan to “regulate” online news sites has come to pass. Today is the day, and it appears there’s not much we can do...
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Is the PAP government going back to its old ways?
By Dr Wong Wee Nam On the 12th of August 2004, a young man confidently declared, “We will continue to expand the space which Singaporeans have to live, to laugh, to grow and to be ourselves. Our people...
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Students call for dialogue with Minister Yaacob Ibrahim
The Media Development Authority had, on 28 May 2013, made a rather unexpected announcement of a new licensing regime for online news sites which requires websites that regularly report on local news,...
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Major websites to protest licensing requirement
MEDIA STATEMENT Thursday, 30 May 2013 MAJOR ONLINE WEBSITES IN SINGAPORE TO PROTEST AGAINST LICENSING REQUIREMENT The Media Development Authority had, on Tuesday, introduced a “licensing framework”...
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Singapore once had a free press
By Elaine Ee It wasn’t always this way. The media in Singapore wasn’t always state-controlled. We didn’t always have the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act (NPPA). Our newspapers were not always run by...
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Remembering Qu Yan - people-first leadershp
By Dr Wong Wee Nam “Those who are wise do not dispense political decrees (to the people)” 知者不言 Laozi On 12th of May 2008, a terrible earthquake hit the Sichuan Province of China. About 70,000 were...
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MDA's censorship rules apply to readers' comments too
By Andrew Loh The so-called new regulations announced by the Media Development Authority (MDA) are perhaps intentionally broad and vague enough to allow the government to enforce it on virtually...
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#FreeMyInternet – Movement against new licensing requirements for online media
MOVEMENT AGAINST NEW LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR ONLINE MEDIA MEDIA STATEMENT - 1 JUNE 2013 The blogging community will be organising a protest and online blackout next week against the new licensing...
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Reading "the right thing" under wrong circumstances
By Cheryl Marie Tay And so, as many of us had probably already expected, the MDA’s plan to “regulate” online news sites has come to pass. Today is the day, and it appears there’s not much we can do...
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Singapore once had a free press
By Elaine Ee It wasn’t always this way. The media in Singapore wasn’t always state-controlled. We didn’t always have the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act (NPPA). Our newspapers were not always run by...
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MOM Minister criticised for not issuing Stop-Work Order
By Andrew Loh At 1pm on Thursday, 20 June, the Pollutants Standard Index (PSI) hit a record-high of 371 in Singapore. PSI levels 300 and above are considered hazardous. The high level of the PSI held...
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Never trade off workers’ safety for cost or for time: PM Lee
The following is a speech by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on 20 May 2013. The PM made the speech at the launch of the Workplace Safety and Health Campaign. We reproduce the speech in light of the...
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AGC fails to answer pertinent questions
By Andrew Loh The report in the 24 June edition of the Straits Times, titled “Contempt of court: AGC can decide over prosecution”, misses the main points which members of the public have asked. The...
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Pink Dot 2013 - Gary, Kenneth, and Tan Eng Hong
By Lisa Li I've been to every Pink Dot for the past five years, watching it grow from crowds of 2,500 in 2009 to 21,000 in 2013. I'm still awed by the glorious sight of pink people all streaming onto...
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Calling by-elections - PM's discretion not unfettered, court rules
The Court of Appeal on Friday, 5 July, laid down that the Prime Minister must call a by-election and that he does not have "unfettered discretion" in deciding when to call one when a parliamentary seat...
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More clarity, consultation needed on Broadcasting Act: #FreeMyInternet
Statement from #FreeMyInternet group in response to remarks by the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Communications and Information, on MDA's Internet regulations. We refer to the statements made...
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Court's decision settles 50-year dispute on by-election
Court favors the Citizen’s Right to Parliamentary Representation Today [Friday, 5 July 2013], the Court of Appeal ruled that the Constitution of Singapore “does not give the Prime Minister an...
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Mollycoddled little emperors
Andrew Loh On 30 June, Acting Minister for Manpower, Tan Chuan Jin, posted a status update on his Facebook page. In it, he pledged his support for SportsCares, an organisation which uses “sport as a...
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A People's Stravinsky: Review and Interview with Angela Liong
I had to take time to think about this one. Rite of Spring: A People's Stravinsky which was staged on the 22nd June at The Esplanade, was a daring enterprise. At the centre of the stage was The...
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More clarity, consultation needed on Broadcasting Act: #FreeMyInternet
Statement from #FreeMyInternet group in response to remarks by the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Communications and Information, on MDA's Internet regulations. We refer to the statements made...
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