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New citizens and PRs are flocking to join PAP grassroots organizations to enjoy the perks associated with it. According to a Straits Times report today, they now constitute 20 percent of some 24,000 grassroots leaders in Singapore with 1,400 PRs and 4,600 new citizens. Though grassroots organizations are supposed non-partisan... 

PAP Minister without portfolio Lim Hwee Hua has urged Singapore commuters complaining about the new distance-based fare for public transport to take a "longer-term" view. Though the Land Transport Authority (LTA) claimed that two-thirds of the commuters will save 48 cents, many commuters still complained about having to pay... 

Agence France-Presse, 19 June 2010 Victims of Australia's deadly 2009 firestorm have launched legal action against a Singapore power firm alleging poorly-maintained electrical wires sparked the blaze, reports said Saturday. Lawyers representing almost 600 people lodged a class action in Victoria's Supreme Court against Singapore...