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Pritam Singh nominated Assistant Secretary-General of the Worker’s Party

During the first meeting of its newly formed Central Executive Committee, the Worker's Party has nominated Member of Parliament Pritam Singh as its Assistant Secretary-General. The post will be effective for the term 2016-2018. This nomination adds on to what political observers have been noticing - that Mr. Singh has been given...

MHA: Foreign entities should not interfere with local politics

While homosexual activists and their supporters have proudly proclaimed that large corporate entities have been giving support to their event, they may be seeing less of such sponsorship in subsequent years. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said today (Jun 7) in a Press Statement that foreign entities "should not interfere...

SMRT’s Kuek paid $1.87m for financial year 2016 despite pay cut

According to the latest Annual Report, SMRT CEO Desmond Kuek had received a total remuneration of $1.87 million for the fiscal year ending 31 Mar 16 ("FY 16"). While Kuek's basic salary had increased by approximately $37,000 to $830,955, the variable component fell to $1,040,759 from the previous year's 1,517,853. Overall,...