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  • Dr Tan Cheng Bock: I Firmly Believe The Gov Should Have Answered In Parliament Instead Of Challenging A Parliamentarian To Go To Court.

    Dr Tan Cheng Bock: I Firmly Believe The Gov Should Have Answered In Parliament Instead Of Challenging A Parliamentarian To Go To Court.

    Court of Appeal verdict
    As you know by now, the Court of Appeal has dismissed my appeal. I am disappointed, as are all my supporters, because we had hoped to contest in this PE (through the deliberative track) after I lost narrowly (0.34%) in PE 2011. Nevertheless, I am very comforted to know that many of you were strongly supporting me in this case. I never felt alone. For that, I sincerely thank every one of you.

    Some may say that my court application was a fool’s errand. But I do not see it that way. When MP Sylvia Lim asked the Government in Parliament why they chose to start the count of 5 presidential terms with President Wee Kim Wee (resulting in 2017 being a reserved election year), the Government challenged her to go to Court for an answer. That is wrong and I felt the need to respond. I firmly believe the Government should have answered in Parliament instead of challenging a Parliamentarian to go to Court.

    So I filed a case to argue what most Singaporeans felt was proper, that the count should start with the 1st Elected President Ong Teng Cheong (which would result in 2023 being a reserved election year). The Court of Appeal, however, decided that as a matter of law, the Government has discretion to start the count with President Wee Kim Wee. They issued a 66 page long judgment detailing full legal reasons. Now that the Court of Appeal has had the final say, I accept the verdict – but with a heavy heart.

    My team and I will now rest, regroup and re-energise ourselves. I promise you, I will always speak up for Singaporeans and do my very best for our country.

    Meanwhile, let me be first to wish the participants of the coming reserved PE 2017 all the best, and to do your very best for our country!

     

    Source: Dr Tan Cheng Bock

  • Literally Closing The Door On Smuggling, ICA Detected Duty-Unpaid Cigarettes Inside “Wooden Doors”

    Literally Closing The Door On Smuggling, ICA Detected Duty-Unpaid Cigarettes Inside “Wooden Doors”

    On 17 August 2017 at about 6pm, Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers conducted checks on a 40-footer container at a warehouse in Chai Chee Lane. The container was presented for clearance at the Tanjong Pagar Scanning Station and was sealed for checks at the premises of the freight forwarder. During the checks, the officers noticed that there were 35 boxes wrapped with corrugated paper among a consignment declared as “display stand and keychain card holder”.

    When the ICA officers unwrapped the boxes, the items turned out to be wooden doors. Suspecting that contraband items may be concealed in the wooden doors, the officers pried open the side panel and found duty-unpaid cigarettes. Singapore Customs was alerted, and 1,894 cartons and 660 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes concealed in the wooden doors were uncovered.

    Based on the leads gathered from the case, Singapore Customs identified another suspicious consignment of wooden doors and mounted a follow-up operation on 21 August 2017 night. Singapore Customs officers kept a close watch as two vans were driven into a building in Playfair Road. They saw the consignment of wooden doors being unloaded from the vans and conveyed to a unit on the fifth level of the building.

    The Singapore Customs officers then moved into the unit to conduct a search, and they found 1,890 cartons and 700 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes concealed in the wooden doors. Two male Chinese nationals, aged 28 and 34, were arrested for being involved with duty-unpaid cigarettes. A follow-up search of the two men’s flat in Sims Avenue also uncovered another three packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes.

    A total of 3,784 cartons and 1,363 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes were seized over the two days, with the total duty and Goods and Services Tax (GST) evaded amounting to about $304,210 and $22,540 respectively. Investigations are ongoing.

    See the full press release here.

     

    Source: Immigration & Checkpoints Authority

  • Riverbank @ Fernvale Resident In ‘Living Nightmare’ After Ceiling ‘Rains’ Rocks And Debris

    Riverbank @ Fernvale Resident In ‘Living Nightmare’ After Ceiling ‘Rains’ Rocks And Debris

    Stomp contributor Justin is disappointed that barely one month after moving into his brand new apartment at Riverbank @ Fernvale, things are already falling apart.

    Justin and his family moved into their new home at the condominium in July but before National Day, they discovered that water was leaking through a fake ceiling in their bathroom.

    “We came back home and when one of my children switched on the light to the bathroom, it caused the whole house’s electricity to trip,” said Justin.

    We brought this to the attention of the security guard who gave them the contact number of the contractor for the property.

    Justin said:

    “They came last Friday to saw open the ceiling to investigate what went wrong, then told us they would contact us on Monday (Aug 21) to continue the repair.”

    However, Monday came and went and they heard no word from the company.

    Already disappointed at what had happened, Justin was shocked when debris started ‘raining’ from the hole left in the bathroom’s ceiling.

    “I WhatsApped the contractor but I didn’t get a reply,” said Justin.

    He added that he also tried contacting the developer but has been unsuccessful in getting a response from them.

    “I’m just very disappointed that our brand new home has so many problems.

    “It’s really not fair to us.”

    Justin wanted to share his experience with more people so that someone might be able to relieve his plight.

     

    Source: STOMP

  • First To Submit Application Forms For Upcoming Reserved Presidential Election Among The 3 Hopefuls

    First To Submit Application Forms For Upcoming Reserved Presidential Election Among The 3 Hopefuls

    Salleh Marican and his wife, accompanied by members of his campaign team, arrived at the Elections Department at around 3.30pm on Wednesday (Aug 23). He is the first presidential hopeful that has submitted his application forms to contest in the upcoming reserved elections for Malays. When questioned, he explained that it will not make a difference if he had submitted the application forms today or a month ago.

    According to TODAY, the other 2 presidential hopefuls will be submitting their application forms soon in the next few day. It is understood that Farid Khan, the 62-year-old chairman of marine service provider Bourbon Offshore Asia Pacific, will submit his papers on Thursday morning. On the other hand, Halimah Yacob, the former Speaker of Parliament, said that she will submit her forms in “due course”.

     

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  • Halimah Resigns From Speaker Way Before Verdict, Now Dr Tan Cheng Bock’s Appeal Dismissed

    Halimah Resigns From Speaker Way Before Verdict, Now Dr Tan Cheng Bock’s Appeal Dismissed

    Whoever did not expect this outcome must be living under a rock.

    If not, why would Halimah have resigned before the verdict was announced?

    Common sense dictates that with resignation of Halimah from Speaker of Parliament and MP even before the appeal verdict is known, underscores the PAP’s advance preparation.

    At least show some respect by not resigning from the speaker position until the appeal result was out.

    It clearly shows their arrogance with regards to the upcoming reserved elections.

    So happens that they wanted a Malay president, so she proclaims herself Malay. Highly likely if an Indian president was required, she will declare herself Indian.

    Where is the justice? Is there no democracy?

    To Dr Tan Cheng Bock, thank you for trying. You are already a hero in the hearts of fellow Singaporeans.

    We respect what you did, and what you did was right. #salute

     

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