Singapore Informer

Malaysia Star, 15 Jun 2013 Firstly, the government has a duty to protect the interests of workers during a labour conflict. Ironically, the government is also the state’s biggest employer. The government owns about one-third of Singapore’s listed companies. Its interest is to have a cheap workforce or at least not an expensive one. NTUC [...]

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Picture from http://singapore-lighthouse.blogspot.sg Comment: Will Vivian Balakrishnan also be inspecting the quality of cleaning work at hawkers centres in all PAP’s ward? TR Emeritus, 12 Jun 2013 After giving an update on Singapore’s latest dengue situation and dengue control measures to the media today (11 Jun), Environment and Water Resources Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan said [...]

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Aljazeera.com, 3 Jun 2013 While the government continues to insist that the new licensing scheme is being put in place to create more “consistency” in the regulation of print, broadcast and online media, the potential for these licences to be used as political tools is obvious. The mainstream media can usually be counted on to [...]

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Yahoo! News Singapore, 2 Jun 2013 1. Interact and comment more Regardless of whether you own a blog or website or none, just continue to write, publish, interact and comment on other people’s blogs and websites like your life depended on it. This is the best approach you can take. Especially if you don’t feel [...]

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The Online Citizen, 3 Jun 2013 The former article states that “NTUC Club will organise six carnivals this year, aiming to benefit 15,000 low-income union members and their families. The NTUC is raising its income ceiling for union members and their families, so that more can attend the free carnivals that it organises through the [...]

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Malaysia Star, 1 Jun 2013 In a historic move, the Singapore government is moving into the Internet to regulate news reporting by requiring – for a start – the 10 biggest news-sites to be licensed. From today, these websites must renew their registration every year if they want to continue to report on Singapore news [...]

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The Online Citizen, 31 May 2013 MDA “assures” us that it will not apply the licensing regime on “an individual publishing views on current affairs and trends on his/her personal website or blog which does not amount to news reporting”. The MDA “assurances” do not address the direct concerns of the public about the width [...]

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Publichouse.sg, 29 May 2013 It is obvious that the new rules are to set and control the tone of discourse online, a concern which the Government has had for a while now. The rise of social media, as an increasing number of Singaporeans get their news online, has now prompted the Government to let go [...]

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Malaysia Star, 25 May 2013 Having a large number of graduates, once thought crucial for Singapore’s prosperity, is now considered not conducive to the changing manpower market, at least in Singapore. However, none of the political leaders – the Prime Minister and three ministers – has mentioned another reason for the excess of graduates – [...]

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Where Bears Roam Free, 24 May 2013 Some quarters are already celebrating as if MOM has taken a firm stance against discrimination in the workplace. I have yet to be convinced. Tan Chuan Jin’s words are to be taken with a dose of salt. He NEVER claimed that there would be legislation against discrimination at [...]

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Aljazeera.com, 18 May 2013 “A decade ago, one was defined by having cash, cars, condominiums, credit cards and country club [memberships],” remarked 38-year old Georgia Funn, who was at the court since early morning. The administrative clerk was referring to the “5 Cs of Singapore”, a cultural term coined in the early 1990s to address [...]

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TR Emeritus, 16 May 2013 What has being pro-business got to do with pro-foreign workers, particularly PMETs ?? Yes, tightening of foreign workers is a fundamental shift in our outlook and policy direction in line with all other countries in the world. Do we still welcome investment ?? yes, of course. BUT let’s talk business [...]

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Malaysia Star, 4 May 2013 In 2006, the Prime Minister said: “I want to involve Singaporeans more in building our country, to create more room for you to express yourself and try out your own ideas. They are all making a better Singapore.” It is a sentiment that Lee – just as predecessor Goh Chok [...]

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Yahoo! News Singapore, 2 May 2013 This year, on the 1st of May 2013, we are saw three very interesting events. The morning started off with the Stand Up for Singapore picnic at Hong Lim Park, where cupcakes were raised in solidarity. Concurrently, at Down Town East, it was more pomp and ceremony. The Secretary [...]

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Journalism.sg, 25 Apr 2013 Race and religion form the third rail of Singapore politics. They lie in the deep, dark recesses of our national life, ready to strike the reckless and the ignorant with an untamable force. Most Singaporeans – even many liberals – believe that freedom of expression should not apply in the vicinity [...]

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