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#FreeMyInternet: MDA’s actions raise doubts about its capacity as media authority

Press Statement The FreeMyInternet group expresses our grave concerns about the Media Development Authority’s (MDA) ability to serve as an effective regulator and developer of the Internet space in Singapore. This inability has been amplified by recent incidents involving the registration of local news websites The Independent...

PRC fined for engaging in conspiracy to forge certificates

PRC Wang Hongtian was fined $72,000 for engaging in a conspiracy to forge education certificates. In mitigation, Wang's lawyer said that Wang was remorseful over his actions and was supporting his elderly and ill mother. A PRC who is a Singapore PR, Wang Hongtian, 28, was fined $72,000 by a court on 23 December 2013 for...

Tan CJ: Jobs bank should include all work categories

Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin (Photo: ST) Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin has said that in the long term, he would like to see an all-encompassing National Jobs Bank that would advertise job requirements for all work categories, and not just cater to vacancies currently filled by Employment Pass (EP) holders. At...