This Indian man goes straight to the heart of the population debate
There are English captions.
Vote for WP, Vote for Lee Li Lian
Filed under: Current Affairs and Politics, Media articles
WP speeches — 23 Jan (final rally day for WP)
Mr Low Thia Khiang
WP speeches — 22 January
Mr Low Thia Khiang
WP speeches – 19 January
Low Thia Khiang (English speech)
Media articles on Michael Palmer and PM Lee’s response
Speaker of Parliament Michael Palmer resigns over “grave mistake”
CNA (12 Dec 2012 – link)
SINGAPORE: Mr Michael Palmer, Speaker of Singapore Parliament and MP for Punggol East SMC, has resigned over “grave mistake” of improper conduct.
Statement by Worker’s Party on the resignation of Michael Palmer
The Workers’ Party has noted the announcement today that the Speaker of Parliament, Mr Michael Palmer, has resigned from the People’s Action Party.
By virtue of Article 46 of the Constitution, Mr Palmer’s Parliamentary seat for Punggol East Single Member Constituency (SMC) has become vacant.
ST letter (sept 2012): Re-examine sell-first, build later policy
Filed under: Current Affairs and Politics, Media articles
Singapore Democratic Party: Housing A Nation: Holistic Policies For Affordable Homes
Date: 4 Nov 2012, Sunday
Time: 2-5pm
Venue: Diamond Room, Quality Hotel
Straits Times Online (link)
15 September 2012
THURSDAY’S commentary (“Build ahead of demand to raise birth rate”) highlights the jarring anomaly of public housing.
In considering ways to raise birth rates, we should review the relevance of the Build-to-Order (BTO) system and its sister Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS).
Singapore is watching Malaysia’s political happenings
by Rita Sim
The New Straits Times
New Landscape: Its citizens beginning to ask for more freedom
When Bersih 3.0 supporters took to the streets on April 28, the number of Singaporeans paying attention was not insignificant. Among the most common threads of discussion was: “Will Singaporeans ever have the same freedom?”
Meanwhile, Singapore’s authorities behaved true to form, forbidding Malaysians living in Singapore from organising a solidarity Bersih rally.
Their caution probably had less to do with public safety than with the possibility that it could engender similar feelings among its people.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s Nobel Peace Prize Lecture speech in Norway on June 16, 2012
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