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The attempted clarifications by Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong and other Ministry of Health (MOH) officials about the outbreak of the 41 Zika cases in Singapore raise fresh concerns. The first case was detected on 31 July 2016. MOH had preliminary results before this was confirmed on 27 August 2016 but decided not to inform... 

This month the SDP celebrates the 36th year of our founding. Anniversaries are good occasions to look back on the journey one has traveled if only to get a clearer picture of the road that still lies ahead. It is old news that in the 1990s, trouble engulfed the party when its senior leaders had a falling out with Mr Chiam See... 

I have often pointed out that the PAP is never sincere in ensuring that there is genuine political contestation, it always raises the bar just when its opponents come close to beating it at its own game (think GRC, Cooling-off Day, Public Order Act, etc). The most recent example is the tweaking of the EP (Elected Presidency)....