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Moving to contracting model without opening up transport services to full competition promises few benefits to commuters, is unfair to taxpayers & rewards private shareholders

Press Release Reform Party 23 May 2014 Reform Party notes the announcement by the Land Transport Authority that they are moving towards a contracting model for bus services from the expiry at the end of August 2016 of the current licences granted to the duopoly of SMRT and SBS Transit. The contracting model would result in...

Netizens’ statement on PM Lee’s action against Roy Ngerng

We are deeply concerned that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has sent a Letter of Demand to Mr Roy Ngerng for his 15 May 2014 article, ‘Where Your CPF Money is Going: Learning from the City Harvest Trial’, on his blog, ‘The Heart Truths–To Keep Singaporeans Thinking’. Mr Lee considers certain statements in the article...

Shame in SG: If Edward Snowden betrayed America, America has Betrayed Shane Todd

Family of American found dead in Singapore now calling for U.S investigation (18 May) I can’t stop thinking about the strange circumstances surrounding the tragic death of a promising young American electric engineer in Singapore two years ago. His name was Shane Todd and his story is a cautionary tale for sanctimonious...