TR EMERITUS

In 1987, the PAP Government accused a group of professionals of trying to bring about a Marxist state in Singapore and summarily imprisoned them. Among the victims were playwrights Ms Wong Souk Yee and Ms Chng Suan Tze. But truth does not have an expiry date. More than a quarter-of-a-century later, Ms Wong and Ms Chng are back... 

In 2006, the SDP had warned that "the social impact of the foreign recruitment policy may yet prove disastrous for Singaporeans.” (See here) We cautioned again when we wrote our alternative population paper in 2013: "The population explosion will cause further economic, social and psychological stress for the people, as well... 

(7 Dec) - Health officials in Hong Kong late Friday reported the city’s second confirmed case of avian influenza in a week, in an 80-year-old man who resides in the neighboring mainland Chinese city of Shenzhen. The man, whom officials did not name, had spent two weeks in a hospital in Shenzhen being treated for chronic illness...