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When Low Thia Khiang called for town councils to be depoliticised, he did not mean town councils should not come under the purview of elected Members of Parliament. He was only making a point that Managing Agents (MAs) serving PAP-run town councils are unwilling to serve as MAs in non-PAP TCs. There are however some town councils... 

The excuse given by the Law Society of Singapore (LawSoc) for removing lawyer M Ravi as a speaker at a conference scheduled for Feb 27 is pathetic at best: Given the proximity of the conference, coupled with these concerns, which include his current medical condition, the effectiveness of his medical regime, and the workability... 

To understand PAP's true intentions in the matter of AHPETC-gate, the best approach is to look at what their big guns, the ministers, have said thus far. Representing the legal angle, the stern-looking Law Minister Sham specifically characterized AHPETC actions and management to be ‘unlawful’. This is staking PAP’s high...