Activist Jolovan Wham faces multiple charges under draconian Laws
Singapore authorities should drop the case against activist Jolovan Wham for holding three public gatherings in the city-state, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today. Authorities have charged Wham on Wednesday (29 Nov) with seven charges which include three counts of organizing a public assembly without a police permit and...
Will Singaporeans be over taxed?
As increasing or lowering taxes are politically significant decisions, I expected to see some consideration of the PAP's leadership transition with respect to the timing of an increase in taxes in this Straits Times piece. Raising taxes before a new PAP Prime Minister takes office would allow the new leader to start on a relatively...
PAP cannot be trusted to keep election promises on not raising taxes
During the general elections in 2015, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam denied the SDP's warnings that the government would raise the GST. At that time, he said that “there is no basis” to claims that the GST would be increased to fund increased public spending. But Mr Lee Hsien Loong finally admitted yesterday at the PAP conference...
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