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Singapore a "mud-flat swamp" or a "thriving port-city"?
The quote above from Mr Lee was used by Temasek Holdings in its 4-page advertisement in the Straits Times on Friday, 6 July 2012. The narrative that Singapore in the past was nothing more than a...
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Court application filed to quash S'pore's loan pledge to IMF
Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam, secretary-general of the Reform Party, has filed an application in the courts to annul the Singapore Government’s pledge of a US$4 billion loan to the International Monetary...
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Immigration – how to draw the line?
By Christopher Gee Andrew Loh’s 4th July 2012 blog on Yahoo expresses the view that it is “unacceptable nearly 40% of population is made up of foreigners”. The view is understandable, but it needs to...
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Righteous indignation
Editorial As Pink Dot goes from strength to strength, it’s time for the government to relook the 377A issue. The undoubted success of Pink Dot, an annual public gathering at Hong Lim Park in support of...
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Reading between the lines of MOE's sex ed revision
By Lisa Li I went to secondary school and junior college in the 1990s. Sex ed in secondary school meant a few hundred of us 14-year-olds crammed into the school hall to watch the Silent Scream video,...
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The other side of the migrant worker
By Andrew Loh There are almost a million foreign or migrant workers holding work permits in Singapore. Yet, hardly anyone knows much about them, except that they do the heavy manual work, such as in...
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Law Minister on changes to death penalty sentences
Ministerial Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law, Mr K Shanmugam CHANGES TO THE APPLICATION OF THE MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY TO HOMICIDE OFFENCES Mr Speaker, Sir I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS...
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DPM Teo on review of the death penalty
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS BY THE: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS: “ENHANCING OUR DRUG CONTROL FRAMEWORK AND REVIEW OF THE DEATH PENALTY” MINISTER FOR LAW:...
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The Scales of Justice supplant a weighing scale
By Ng Jing Song Since the inception of the Misuse of Drugs Act in 1973, the defence of anyone found in possession of drugs has been a battle to stay alive. Such battles have been marked by costly legal...
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A first step towards human rights norms
Press release from Human Rights group, Maruah. Dear Editor, MARUAH welcomes the announcement by the Singapore Government today, that the death penalty will no longer be mandatory in certain limited...
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How to get started in the music industry Part I
By Biddy Low and Stacy Ooi It is hard to break into the music industry. It is even harder when the music industry is almost non-existent. Newbie bands/musicians in Singapore will need all the...
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Hanging on to old mindsets
Editorial The government’s proposed reforms of the mandatory death penalty are welcome, but they are far too timid. The government’s unexpected proposals to reform the mandatory death penalty,...
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Timely call by PM Lee
By Andrew Loh In the last 3 days, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has twice urged new citizens and non-Singaporeans to do more in being pro-active in integrating into Singapore society. Going beyond...
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A temporary relief for a father
By Andrew Loh Mr Cheong Kah Pin’s life has been consumed by the fate of his son since 2008. His son, Cheong Chun Yin, was arrested and sentenced to death in 2008 for trafficking 2.7kg of heroin into...
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From We Believe in Second Chances:Last year, a small group of us had the privilege of listening to a talk by acclaimed US-based Japanese photographer, Toshi Kazama. Toshi has spent years meeting and...
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Teens and the ABCs of sex education
By Elaine Ee My obstetrician-gynaecologist said to me, when I was pregnant, in my early 30s, “The best age for a girl to have a baby is in her teens.” “My teenage patients,” the doctor continued...
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Imagining their way to a better future
By Adra Anthoney / Pictures by Raymond Lau Imagining their way to a better future – Singaporeans Shine at Imagine Cup 2012. Youth, idealism and technological prowess went hand-in-hand at this year’s...
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Online|Offline - Audience members speak
In Part 3 (the final part) of the series of videos from the forum on xenophobia, members of the audience speak their minds on the issue. You can view Part 1 and Part 2 here and here. Do join the...
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How to get started in the music industry Part II: Passion Schmassion
The term "Passion" gets thrown around in creative fields left right and center as a primary motivator to "keep on keeping on". But as the panelists at " How to get started in the music industry"...
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"I am well" : Lawyer M Ravi
The following is a short excerpt of an exclusive interview which publichouse.sg had with lawyer M Ravi. On Monday, it is understood that a representative from the Law Society had turned up at the High...
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