Tag Archive: Singaporeans

A Singaporean Stranded – Not Granted British Residential Status Even Though She Married A Briton And Stayed There For 27 Years

She is a Singaporean who is married to a Briton. Together, they have lived in Britain for 27 years and have two grown-up sons who are British citizens. Even her granddaughter was born in England. But now Irene Clennell, 52,…
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Why Is Ong Teng Cheong Not Recognised As Singapore’s First Elected President?

The changes to the Elected Presidency (EP) scheme were passed by Parliament on Monday, 7 February. The Government have also announced that the next EP will take place in September 2017. This next presidential election will be a special one…
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Jufrie Mahmood: Malays Oppose Reserved Malay Elected Presidency Not For Racist Reasons

If you are a non Malay and you oppose the amendments to the constitution to reserve the post of the Elected President for a Malay this time round solely because you don’t want a Malay to hold the post then…
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