Surrealism and religious harmony: The PAP way
Mdm Halimah Yacob PAP Minister Masagos Zulkifli’s criticism of WP MP Faisal Manap for repeatedly raising the tudung issue in Parliament and causing division in S’pore, had me in stitches about the surrealism of the scene in Parly when he said it. I mean criticising Faisal Manap for repeatedly raising the tudung issue in...
We Must Persist
I recently attended the Youth Political Academy in Hong Kong organised by the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) during which Mr Sin Chung-Kai, former vice-chairperson of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong, shared his thoughts on the Umbrella Movement of 2014. He was surprised that Hong Kongers were willing to turn...
Why have GRCs if minority MPs can’t speak up on minority issues?
This week, when WP MP Muhammad Faisal spoke up against the ban on the wearing of tudung in certain occupations here, PAP Minister Masagos Zulkifli rebuked him for “subtly and frequently needling” the Malay community with this issue. Minister Masagos said that Parliament is not the the platform to discuss such issues. He...
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