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The SDP welcomes the National Development Minister's recognition that something has to be done to rein in HDB prices which have become unaffordable for most Singaporeans. In March this year, Mr Khaw Boon Wan said that his Ministry would consider "reasonable suggestions” which would bring down HDB prices. The Minister even... 

Some have wondered if the SDP's citing of Mr Fandi Ahmad's and Mr Terry Pathmanathan's cases was because they were well-known Singaporeans. This is not so. The Singapore Democrats have, in the past, also highlighted cases of Singaporeans who were not prominent at all. Take the case of 88-year-old Mr Abdul Dawart. The elderly... 

In its relentless chase of GDP growth, China has seen unprecedented increases in the pollution of its air and waterways to the extent that "cancer villages" are sprouting up all over the country. Even the Chinese government has acknowledged that villages in some parts of the country worst hit by pollution and environmental...