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LKY turns 90 amid questions of uncertain health

Mr Lee Kuan Yew at the Istana, 9 Sep 2011. (Photo: ST)Harry Lee Kuan Yew - Singapore's Prime Minister from 1959 to 1990 - turns 90 years today (16 Sep). As expected, the national dailies are full of effusive praise for the man some call the "Father of Singapore". Singapore's main broadsheet The Straits Times (ST) devotes a considerable...

SPH editor defends Dr Yaacob’s 50-year flood statement

Minister Yaacob (Photo Source CNA) Political correspondent for SPH and Deputy Editor of Singapolitics.sg, Jeremy Au Yong, wrote an article yesterday (15 Sep), "Idea of the '50-year flood' has been misunderstood", to defend something Minister Yaacob Ibrahim had said when he was the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources. In...

Opposition to raise 31 questions in Parliament on 16/9

A total of 116 questions will be raised by MPs, NCMPs and NMPs in Parliament tomorrow (16 Sep) [Link]. 31 of these 116 questions (i.e. 27%) will be put up by opposition MPs and NCMPs. This is a considerable number considering the size of our opposition in Parliament. Questions to be raised in Parliament on 16 September 2013...