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by Channel NewsAsia
Parliament has rejected a motion tabled by Nominated MP Thio Li-Ann for amendments to the Parliamentary Elections Act to allow by-elections to be called in a Group Representation Constituency (GRC) when a member vacates his or her seat for any reason.
Prime minister Lee Hisen Loong, who joined the debate in Parliament on themotion, stressed that there are no practical problems with a vacant seat in Jurong GRC and that the party, which the poeple had voted for, will still take care of residents - a benefit of the GRC system.
However, Jurong GRC citizens will have one less voice in Parliament. More seriously, one less vote in Parliament.
by Lynda Hong, Channel NewsAsia
Health minister Khaw Boon Wan on Wednesday said that one less abortion does not mean one more baby for Singapore.
by Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia
Giving employees additional days off on top of their annual leave to care for sick parents will increase business costs and discourage companies from setting up in Singapore, said senior parliamentary secretary for manpower Hawazi Daipi.
by Seen This Scene That
The most difficult to lay hands on at Yishun Park are the durians.
by Simply Jean
by Chia Ti Lik
by John Carney, Dealbreaker
Temasek probably has too much money to invest. It has far more assets than is necessary for hedging government portfolios against cyclical downturns. It would arguably do better to return a large portion of its wealth to the people of Singapore as a dividend, where indivduals at different stages in their lives could spend and invest the dividend to suit their needs.
by Grace Chng, Straits Times
Not only does Apple's 3G iPhone have 100 new features, the craze over it will also up mobile data usage.
by Koh Hwee Choo, Straits Times
Do not blame them or call them 'quitters' for not coming back to Singapore, as they were rejected by our local universities first.
See Also:
Local Universities, Not Students, Decide, by Lim Hui Chin, Straits Times. Not all of us decide against an education in NUS. It is NUS who decides against us.
by Xtralicious
The trust, relationship, partnership, faith, goodwill and morale in question have already been destroyed.
by Nicholas Lazzarus, Young PAP Blog
The opposition seems to have no part in this interaction between the people and their govenment. And there is no need too.
This is an extremely shortsighted view of the role of oppostion, the role of Parliament, and the role of the democratic process.
by Mr Wang Says So
In the psychological landscape of Singaporeans, parenthood has become the equivalent of "CCAs". It's the thing you might really, really love to do. But your kiasu instincts are telling you that you can't take the risk; you might not have the time; you might not have the money; and it's much safer to just concentrate on your final-year exams career.
by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net
The Law minister's rehashing of the subject could open a pandora's box in which the public is given free reign to speculate on cases already closed and openly challenge verdicts. THat would wreck havoc on the lives of those who are factually innocent but had to endure a trial to clear their name.
by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net
It is sad that amongst all the voices in Parliament, Dr Lily Neo's is only one of the very few who speakout vociferously on behalf of the poor and lower-income families who have been marginalized by the "growth at all costs" policies of the PAP government.
by Joel Tan, Daily Backtrack
It's just so bizzarre that with all the personal data we have to submit to various databases over the course of our lives, something as simple as proving your student status eludes the power of MINDEF and inter-ministry data sharing.
On the other hand, data privacy is also very important; we really should think carefully about maintaining our privacy before bitching about doing something as simple as asking a document from one body to submit to another.
by Alice Cheong In Wonderland
I really wonder why is there a need to make volunteering so difficult.
I blame this on PR. This 'test-ride', to me, more like a test, not a PR exercise. And any test will need to have selection criteria so that the test is complete. (For example, you'd want commuters on both trains and buses.)
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
When I first linked to this Straits Times article, the article said: "The LTA said there is little to prevent a card issuer from giving the [new ez-link] card free of charge."
Now, the article has been edited to, instead, say: "Observers said there is little to prevent a card issuer from giving the card free of charge - like credit cards."
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