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African example PAP government will follow?

The Tanzanian government is in the process of amending its statistical legislation so that it can impose fines or jail time on anyone who questions the accuracy of official figures. Not a big step from what Ng Eng Hen did as a newbie cabinet minister (Manpower) many yrs ago when he roughed up some academics who published analysis...

AHTC trial: ST not worth the paper its printed on?

I refer to the article “AHTC trial: FMSS’ How Weng Fan calls WP’s Sylvia Lim ‘hopeless’ town council chairman” (Straits Times, Oct 30). It states that “She further added on Monday that they were in a political situation and a new MP like Ms Lim would not have been able to handle a situation in which all the government...

WP should ask the $100 million question in Parliament

Although Temasek is not supposed to be a private entity – it invests public monies – it has been privatized by the PAP government. This has allowed Temasek to withhold information which should be in the public domain since more than 4 decades ago. Of concern is the multi-million dollar remuneration paid to its senior...