Lawyer M Ravi highlights the importance of lawyer’s presence... In 2016, 14-year-old Benjamin Lim fell to his death from his Yishun flat, hours after returning home from Ang Mo Kio police division for an alleged molestation incident involving an 11-year-old girl in a lift.
The North View Secondary School student was brought to the police station by police officers for his statement...
Uncaring Doctor In Hougang Polyclinic I am sick and ill. About 9 months ago, Tan Tock Seng Thyroid Specialist told me that my thyroid condition has stabilised and had then transferred me to Hougang Polyclinic to collect my 6 months’ worth of daily thyroxine. He told me that Hougang Polyclinic would call me with the arrangement which they did.
6 months...
SMEs should increase starting pay for workers
Hi all Singaporeans, elections are going to come soon and this is a reminder to all to vote wisely.
I have a diploma in business management from a reputable polytechnic and served my country proudly in MINDEF HQ for 2 years. I initially wanted to sign on as a DXO but due to friction between me and my superior, I...
School Streaming Should Not Exist in the First Place
To an outsider looking in, Singapore is a country of smart people. According to the 2015 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, the country’s primary four and secondary two students led the world in mathematics and science scores. But apart from the performance at standardized tests, there is a vast...
Feedback on Transport Regulations I would like to provide an important feedback as I was faced with a child emergency and the GRAB driver refused to ferry us to the A&E, claiming that transport regulations forbade her to do so.
On 24 July, my infant ingested some egg white which caused an adverse allergic reaction which did not even subside an hour...
Extremely expensive food at social enterprise hawkers The pricing of social enterprise hawkers are getting too ridiculous! How is a $6/$7 plate of Nasi Briyani a value meal? It is so expensive for normal people like us! Do the social enterprise think the neighbourhood aunties and uncles drive Ferraris and BMs? How can they call themselves a social enterprise with prices like...
Urgent Appeal For Funds To Get To The Court Of Appeal
Dear friends,
Legal Battle with NUS – For the past 14 years, I have fought a tough battle against the National University of Singapore for the wrongful denial of my Master’s Degree. In 2012, I sued the university as a last resort. I am now trying to raise $20,000 for Security for Costs so that my lawsuit can...
Leaving debts to the next generation Minister Chan Chun Sing said that accountability means not leaving debts to the next generation. I think that a better term to describe it is - financial responsibility.
This implies that a person is not financially responsible when he or she have to leave debts to the next generation.
Debts could be caused by spending...
Unfair treatment during NS needs to change The difference in treatment of NSFs has caused serious social divide between the haves and haves-not, or in this case, stay-in and stay-out. I have used a pseudonym for my friend's son to protect his identity but I am sure his story will sound familiar to many of us.
A colleague of mine was very worried for his son,...
SDP Repeats Call for Opposition Parties to Work Together,... The SDP embarked on an extensive walkabout this morning covering all the five constituencies it contested in the last elections (Bukit Batok, Bukit Panjang, Yuhua, Holland-Bukit Timah and Marsiling-Yew Tee).
During a media doorstop, Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan repeated the party's call for the opposition to present...
Avoid being overbearing in giving your feedback On two recent occasions, my friend gave me a lengthy feedback about the feelings from the ground.
I generally welcome feedback, but it should be within sensible limit.
On these occasions, the feedback was given to me in a lengthy fashion, and gave the impression that it is the dominant feedback.
I have received...
Government has led youths' values astray and unready for... I saw this previous article about a taxi driver's son who was unable to find a good job in Singapore, and found myself agreeing with much of what was mentioned. Not every millennial is sufficiently ready to deal with the new economy, especially with disruptions and the advent of the gig economy. Furthermore, his son had...
Confusing table of Medishield Life premium Someone asked me why the cost of private health insurance keeps premium.
I advised him to switch to Medishield Life to reduce the lower cost of health insurance. What is the difference?
I searched for the cost. I found this page.
https://www.moh.gov.sg/medishield-life/medishield-life-premiums-and-subsidies
It...
Focus on the positive I was having breakfast with a friend at a hotel in Jakarta.
He saw another friend at another table and invited him to sit next to us. He introduce me to his friend. He said - This is Mr. Tan Kin Lian from Singapore. If you look at Wikipedia, you will see that he contested the presidential election.
My friend was not...
Bad governance causing horrible drivers to plague our transport... Dear Singaporeans,
Ever since the merger of Grab and Uber, the service standards of Grab drivers have fallen to atrocious levels. In the past, it was common for taxi drivers to blatantly not pick up passengers right before midnight and during rainy days, when passengers need them most, as they wish to earn additional...
