REACH needs a new chief
A few years ago, there was a rebranding of the government’s Feedback Unit. Led by a new chief then, the Honourable Member of Parliament Amy Khor, it became Reach.
Reach plays an important role as an arm of the Executive. In its own words, its role is “to feel the pulse of the ground and keep the government apprised of key issues of concern amongst Singaporeans”.
This year, through its different leaders, the government conceded that it had failed to comprehend the concerns of the people, and it had misread the pulse of the ground on key policies.
Govt silent over the breaking of its own laws
Unbeknownst to almost every Singaporean today, an illegal commerce is carried on with the full approval and, indeed, connivance of their government. This is the time-honoured trade of kidnap.
Although the practice of holding a person against his will is illegal by Sections 339 and 340 of Singapore’s Penal Code except by the authorities and, mind you, after due process, several business entities known as Repatriation Companies carry out their business of abducting people under the benevolent, though merciless and calculating, gaze of the Singaporean government, recently returned to office – and promising to listen to its people, after a bruising General Elections that saw its popular support decline by almost seven percent since the previous elections and fifteen percent from the one before that.
Low Thia Khiang reiterates call for First World Parliament
Transcripts of Mr Low Thia Khiang's speech in Parliament on 21 Oct 2011.
Mr. Speaker Sir,
In his Address, the President stated that our shared goal is to create a better life for all. Sir, we share this goal.
We also agree that economic growth is basic to improving our lives. I do not think anyone of us here expects money to drop from the sky. Singaporeans are pragmatic and mature enough to understand this.
The Presidential Address also provided a broad outline on achieving a better life for all, from the young to the old, from the lower income to those doing exceptionally well.
Chen Show Mao's maiden parliamentary speech
Mr Speaker, Thank you, and congratulations.
Following our two elections this year, some commentators tell us that Singaporeans’ political differences are rising to the surface. Many of our leaders have expressed their concerns about the differences. They warned of divisions and called for unity. I’d like to remind us that differences are not divisions. It is the intolerance of differences that will be divisive.
Police investigate technology-enabled ISA discussions
The Singapore Police Force on Wednesday 12 October 2011 launched investigations into two separate events that discussed issues surrounding the need to abolish ISA in the city-state.
According to replies given to the Singapore media in the recent days by the Ministry of Home Affairs, these investigations surround complaints that foreign speakers were discussing domestic political issues in the island republic.
Police questions Martyn See over forum invites
Mr Martyn See, Executive Secretary of Singaporeans For Democracy (SFD), was called up and questioned by the Singapore Police on Wednesday, 12 October, SFD says in a press release signed by its Executive Director, Dr James Gomez.
The group says Mr See “spent an hour and a half at the Cantonment Police Complex from 10am to 11.30am answering questions pertaining to an investigation under the Public Order Act 2009 for a private forum he organized on behalf of SFD on 24 September 2011.”
Govt must address "Marxist" arrests of 1987
The doubts in the so-called “Marxist Conspiracy” of 1987, where 22 social workers were detained after being accused of hatching a “communist” plot to “subvert the system”, remain to this day. In fact, over the years there have been questions raised about the truth and the legitimacy of the accusations and charges levelled at the detainees. Along with these, questions of their detentions and the torture alleged by the detainees themselves.
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