A Physicist’s look at the Constitution of Singapore (Part 8 of 9)
Part 8 – Preventive Detention Article 149 provides the suspension of certain constitutional guarantees in the legislation against subversion. In particular, Article 149 authorizes preventive detention in the Internal Security Act (Cap 143) and Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act (Cap 67). Article 149 was transferred...
Losing the Democratic Soul
When I first read about this saga of WP controlled Aljunied Town Council using the "carrot" of attractive Lucky Draw Prizes to get favourable HDB upgrading poll result, I was devastated. This brings me back to a very emotional past of mine. It was the Generation Elections held in early 1997 (2 Jan 1997). I was one of the...
Dr Chee: Challenges and opportunities
Burma is undergoing deep political change with the release of Ms Aung San Suu Kyi and other opposition leaders from prison, the liberalization of the country’s media and the tolerance of peaceful public assembly. Malaysia has recently seen its own political reform. The country’s High Court defied the decades-old authoritarian...
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