Singapore’s Prime Minister was left fumbling for answers Saturday after agreeing to a live Facebook chat with increasingly strident citizens turning to the Internet to voice dissent in the tightly-controlled city-state. Lee Hsien Loong opened the conversation on his personal…
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Single-party governments in Southeast Asia are failing across the region unless they are able to reinvent themselves. This was what Norshahril Saat, a PhD candidate at the Department of Political and Social Change, Australian National University and a graduate of…
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As the general election draws near, failed PAP candidate Desmond Choo at the Hougang constituency has suddenly been seen making the rounds at the Tampines GRC. In his Facebook posting last week, Mr Choo made mention of Tampines several times….
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“I thought Lee Kuan Yew said nothing is free?” an elderly resident pointed out when we visited the Sembawang GRC on Sunday. “Then why Lee Hsien Loong giving out this and that? Like he’s very scared like that.” He was…
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Over the weekend, the new Singaporeans First Party (SFP) conducted a walkabout in the Tanjong Pagar group representation constituency (GRC). Among the more than 20 members and supporters were six of the party’s 10 founding members, including its secretary-general and…
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