We probably will hear a one-sided account tomorrow in Parliament by the Prime Minister as LYH and LWL alluded.
94% of Singaporeans polled also suggested that Parliament is not the right place to discuss a domestic spat that involves three siblings.
Its a international disgrace and truly we have more urgent things to talk about nationally than the familee home.
Source: Gilbert Goh
PM Lee is going to make a ministerial statement in parliament [today] regarding the allegations made by his siblings. Party whip has been lifted and PM Lee has urged all our MPs to question him robustly.
I dont think there will be any meaningful questions from the PAP MPs. Who would question their superiors in the real world? So this ministerial statement is just nothing but a smoke screen to appear to be upfront.
Halimah Yaacob has spoken and said that she hopes Oxley Road dispute will be ‘properly debated’.
Who among those MPs will fire the first salvo? Definitely not the Malay PAP MPs. They are known to acquiesce to anything the PAP wanted even at the expense of the community.
Instead of being the voice for the people, they are the voice of the PAP.
I’ve long ago lost hope on ‘our representative’ to stand up for us. This is why I ventured into politics. Our voices are not heard in parliament often enough.
I would put my hope more on the non Malay Mps to speak up. Our Malay PAP MPs are just too weak politically and emasculated to be fighting for us.
Source: Khan Osman Sulaiman
Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob on Saturday (Jul 1) said that she hoped issues would be “properly debated” in Parliament on Monday, when Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is set to address allegations by his siblings against him.
“There will be of course a lot of speeches, but I do hope that we can see that the issues are properly debated and hopefully, if we can have some finality, that would be ideal. But I really leave it to the debate,” she said when asked on the sidelines of a People’s Action Party (PAP) event what she hopes to see during the debate.
“As the speaker, my task is to ensure that it’s a fair, open, transparent debate that goes on on Monday.”
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com
Growing older, I find that my introverted nature is becoming more pronounced. One of the reasons why I decided not to go for Pink Dot this year is because I’m beginning to get more terrified of crowds. There’s always a moment when I’m surrounded by too many people when I start feeling dizzy and nauseous.
And then there’s the issue of my nervousness around dogs. I know Pink Dot is an opportunity for some people to bring their pets along, pets which are as dear to them as family. But dogs–when there’s more than one, or two–have always put me on edge. This is not a problem of the dog-owners roaming the park but my problem alone. (And this is the learned mantra of any minority.)
This isn’t supposed to be an indictment of Pink Dot’s agenda of inclusivity. I think every year the organisers attempt to provide an atmosphere as hospitable to as many as possible–sign language interpretation, differently-abled access, seating for seniors. But any embrace will come up short at some point because an arm span is finite.
The space at Pink Dot is also inhospitable for others–those who fear crowds, or fear dogs, those without a pink or blue IC. It makes me think about the limits of inclusivity, the dangers of fantasising about utopian spaces, or spaces that aspire to speak for the entire community.
In that anxiety to pack in bodies at the event, so as to create an optics of the local-indigenous, is bodily participation privileged over other forms of support? Be there or be square, be there or betray?
While I support what Pink Dot stands for (and many of its organisers and ambassadors and volunteers are wonderful, tireless people whose activist work extends beyond Pink Dot), I can’t stand to form that dot. Neither can I stand any kind of guilt tripping over one’s absence there, as if fidelity to the cause must translate into piety towards Pink Dot.
Ultimately I think of Pink Dot, no matter its organisational capacity, as part of something larger–and not as some large reservoir where other tributaries (no matter how many booths, how many representatives) are supposed to converge.
Source: Alfian Sa’at
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Stor sebuah kilang yang dipercayai menyimpan mercun terbakar sehingga percikan bunga api dan bunyi letupan dapat dilihat dan kedengaran di kawasan Perindustrian Saleng, Senai, kelmarin (2 Jul). Ketua Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat Bandar Baru Kulai Penolong Ketua Bomba Solleh Nasir berkata pihaknya menerima panggilan sekitar jam 5.19 petang semalam dan usaha memadam kebakaran masih lagi dijalankan.
Kawasan yang terbakar berukuran 100×40 kaki persegi (371.6 meter persegi) dipercayai digunakan sebagai stor menyimpan mercun. Tiga buah jentera pemadam api serta 17 orang anggota dikerahkan ke lokasi kejadian bagi mengawal keadaan. Sementara itu, pihak polis akan melakukan siasatan berhubung kebakaran berkenaan mengikut Seksyen 10 Akta Bahan Letupan 1957 kerana menyimpan dan menguruskan bahan-bahan letupan tanpa izin.
Ketua Polis Daerah Kulai Supt Razak Md Said berkata pihaknya juga akan menyiasat mengikut laporan kebakaran. Menurut Encik Razak lagi, pihak polis juga akan menunggu maklumat lanjut daripada Pejabat Tanah dan Galian (PTG) untuk mengetahui status tanah lokasi kilang itu sama ada berstatus pertanian atau perindustrian dan menunggu maklumat lanjut daripada Majlis Perbandaran Kulai (MPKu) bagi mengenal pasti status bangunan kilang terbabit. Katanya, kawasan sekitar lokasi kejadian itu juga telah ditutup bagi memudahkan kerja-kerja siasatan lanjut dijalankan.
Source: Bernama