On Apr 15, DPM & Minister for Home Affairs, Wong Kan Seng, said In Singapore, it is only a tiny group of irresponsible and selfish individuals who have been pushing this line of civil disobedience. They do not care for the interests and safety of other Singaporeans; they are only interested in themselves. Its hardly … Continue reading
Further restrictions on rights in Singapore Amnesty International, 23 Apr 2009 On 13 April Singapore’s parliament passed a new Public Order Act, which further restricts the human right to freedom of peaceful assembly and enhances policing powers to the exclusion of adequate safeguards to prevent abuse. The government stated that the Act was needed in … Continue reading
There have been responses to the passing of the Public Order Bill by the PAP-dominated parliament. See here, here, here, here and here for some good ones online. In parliament, the Workers’ Party’s Sylvia Lim spoke about the party’s opposition to the Bill and so did Nominated Member of Parliament Siew Kum Hong. (Watch the … Continue reading
Son of Singapore’s late opposition icon enters politics AFP, 10 Apr 2009 A son of Singapore’s late opposition icon J.B. Jeyaretnam said Friday he had joined his father’s pro-democracy party and may run for parliament in the next general elections. British-trained economist Kenneth Jeyaretnam, 50, told AFP he had been approached to join other parties … Continue reading
Mad World, the original 1982 version by Tears for Fears The 2003 cover by Gary Jules & Michael Andrew which was also a big hit
Kelvin Teo, in his article, wrote “..it can be ironically argued that defamation suits may end up being a positive selective pressure in improving the quality of political discourse.” Ng E-Jay has written a good piece in response to that article. I’m not a lawyer or academic or politician or university student. But i’ve been … Continue reading
Have a good laugh with this mockumentary by Slate V.
WARNING: Very disturbing images in the following video See these news reports about this incident: Video of girl’s flogging as Taliban hand out justice – The Guardian Outcry in Pakistan after video of a 17 year old’s flogging by the Taliban is shown on TV – The Guardian Video of Taliban flogging girl stirs anger … Continue reading
Apr 2 update @ 10.20am: At the time of my original post below, i provided three links to the printer-friendly versions of the articles that were still available on TNP’s website. I just discovered they’re not available anymore.They have been removed. The titles of the 3 articles: Killer trigger: Foiled $23M gun deal; ‘The smell … Continue reading
