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Police reports filed against FAP for electoral advertising breaches

Jason Chua on Facebook Two individuals have filed police reports against the Facebook page "Fabrications About the PAP" (FAP) after the Elections Department (ELD) did not give them a satisfactory reply to their queries. The queries were pertaining to a post made by the FAP on cooling-day, which contained the message: “Vote...

AGC: No power to quash Tan Wah Piow’s conviction

Tan Wah Piow at the Privy Council of United Kingdom The Attorney-General Chambers (AGC) has replied to Mr Tan Wah Piow's appeal to quash his convictions in 1975. Mr Tan was one of the three defendants convicted of rioting in 1975 following a 47-day trial, although Tan and his co-defendants had, throughout the trial, and thereafter,...

52% of Singaporean parents willing to go into debt to fund children’s education

According to a HSBC study that was released today (9 Jun), Singaporean parents on average spend $21,000 a year to fund their children's higher education. The study, which covered 6200 people across 13 countries, also showed that 52% of parents in Singapore would be willing to go into debt to fund their children's university...