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The Alternative View Facebook, 12 Oct 2014 Town Council removes stone tables at Circuit Road void decks to "stop" illegal gambling. This follows a similar decision in Little India in which coffeeshops stopped selling alcohol in glass bottles to prevent these bottles from being used as weapons in fights. Circuit Road residents had also complained about people sleeping at the void decks. Why

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The Alternative View Facebook, 9 Oct 2014 PAP Supporters are calling for Han Hui Hui's citizenship to be revoked. The last we checked, the Constitution grants fundamental civil liberties to all citizens, whether new or old. This means Han Hui Hui is entitled to her right to protest within Hong Lim Park as the law prescribes. And if we look back in history, we can also find a parallel for these

Eastasiaforum.org, 8 Oct 2014 There are three main reasons why the protests in Hong Kong will not be replicated in Singapore. First, the institutions and structures present in Hong Kong are supportive of democracy, as opposed to Singapore�s, which inhibit it. Prospects for democracy in Hong Kong are supported by three key factors: a vibrant and relatively independent media landscape, an

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Financial Times Blog, 4 Oct 2014 Singapore and Hong Kong share much in common. But this weekend the big difference is that Singapore�s streets are quiet, with traffic flowing as normal, while Hong Kong is on edge as the Occupy movement mobilises masses of protesters against widely unpopular electoral arrangements foisted on its people by Beijing. Singapore, a tightly governed island nation, has

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Mothership.sg, 29 Sep 2014 PAP MP Teo Ser Luck can�t stop editing his Facebook status about CPF blogger Roy Ngerng. Either he is the most wishy-washy MP or has obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. At first, Teo insists Roy Ngerng performs a dance for the kids he heckled to show his contrition: Full story

Facebook, 29 Sep 2014 A resident emailed me claiming that a half-filled water was left dangerously on the staircase handrail for two weeks, and that the cleaner was slacking. As the town council Chairman, I am deeply concerned as this would be an unacceptable lapse of service. I tasked the property manager to investigate this and he did give me a report soon after that. Just to convince myself, I

Hardwarezone Forum, 29 Sep 2014 Link Related: Teo Ser Luck: The children were my utmost concern - TR Emeritus TEO SER LUCK: I DEMAND THAT ROY NGERNG APOLOGISE FOR CAUSING SO MUCH TROUBLE - The Real Singapore

My Singapore News, 29 Sep 2014 These three words have now been used in a political battle to prove who is more caring and more like angels. Sad, very very sad that these children have become an issue in a political tussle for attention, become political tool or cannon fodder. Anyone want to ask why I did not post a single photo of these children and actually refused to mention their condition?

Yawningbread.wordpress.com, 28 Sep 2014 I was asked to rate on a scale of ten my �confidence in the Lee Hsien Loong government�, my confidence in �public services� provided by other arms of the governments, in �courts of law�, in the army, the police and so on. Somewhere down the list, I was asked about my confidence in �mainstream media� and �online media�. After going through the �confidence

Popspoken.com, 12 Jul 2014 Not too long ago would Singaporeans balk at the idea of standing up for your own rights. Not too long ago did the country share its disdain for then-Singapore Democratic Party leader Chee Soon Juan�s public protest outside the Central Provident Fund building that has photos still immortalised on photo wire agencies like Getty Images. But, take a look around now. It has

Atans1.wordpress.com, 20 Jun 2014 What does Ms Jean Ang Yee Mei Lin tell us of the values of NTUC Income, PA, PAP and Hri Kumar? If Tan Tock Seng Hospital was right to fire Roy Ngerng* for breach of its values, err what does the continued silence and inaction of NTUC Income PA, PAP and Hri Kumar* tell us of their values when someone associated with them mocks an elderly sick lady. Maybe she is

The Online Citizen, 16 Jun 2014 When 76 year-old Ms Rene Yap brought up her financial woes at Mr Hri Kumar�s forum for Thompson-Toa Payoh residents about the Central Provident Fund, she had requested for Mr Hri Kumar�s help with �getting her money back�, or rather what she felt was due to her in her CPF account. She might not have realised that it has started a cyber-lynching effort against her.

The Real Singapore, 15 Jun 2014 PAP MP Hri Kumar's CPF dialogue event had drawn a lot of online attention, particularly since a video of a 76 year old's pleas to Hri Kumar was recorded and shared widely online. However, netizens have also noticed one particularly rude lady in the audience, dressed in a white cheongsam, who kept trying to stop the 76 year old aunty from talking and was motioning

XIN MSN News, 13 Jun 2014 The Republic�s Consul-General in Hong Kong, Mr Jacky Foo, on Friday (June 13) rebutted the claims made in a South China Morning Post (SCMP) report on June 9 which said �Singaporeans no longer trust their leaders�. In a forum letter to SCMP, Mr Foo said the report, titled �Writer Catherine Lim�s open letter to Singaporean PM fuels social media debate�, quoted author Ms

Singapore Note, 12 Jun 2014 In law, sub judice, classical Latin literally for "under judgment" (Latin sub iudice : sub, beneath, before + iudice, ablative of iudex, judge.), means that a particular case or matter is under trial or being considered by a judge or court and therefore prohibited from public discussion elsewhere. That's not stopping the Ministry of Health (MOH) from blabbing about it.

Facebook/gohmengseng.freedom, 11 Jun 2014 Link Related: Roy Ngerng's father is an award-winning fried carrot cake seller at Ang Mo Kio Coffee Shop - All Stuff Singapore

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