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British boor Mark Franklin fails to apologise in TRE

Mark Franklin, the British scooter rider who flashed a middle finger at a Singaporean car driver in a road rage incident, has failed to apologise via TR Emeritus. When the incident came to light, outraged Singaporean netizens quickly discovered he was working for Piaggio Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. Local blog The Unseen Singapore...

Did Young PAP video infringe Films Act?

A Young PAP (YP) video posted 23 April 2014 on YouTube with the title "Re-ignite the Passion of Servant Leadership" has garnered brickbats from Singaporean netizens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yirr-HNwnMs Many netizens slammed the YP video as amateurish, boring, lame, stiff and unimaginative ('Atrocious Young PAP video...

What would MP Chia say about the yr-long wait at CGH?

Dr Chia Shi-Lu, MP Tanjong Pagar GRC An elderly Singaporean, Tan Boon Hai, 73, wrote to ST Forum Online on Monday ('Why year-long wait to see doctor?', 12 May) complaining about needing to wait for 1 year to see a doctor at the Changi General Hospital (CGH). Mr Tan wrote that last month, he went to the polyclinic for his usual...