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The Workers’ Party has noted the announcement today that the Speaker of Parliament, Mr Michael Palmer, has resigned from the People’s Action Party. By virtue of Article 46 of the Constitution, Mr Palmer’s Parliamentary seat for Punggol East Single Member Constituency (SMC) has become vacant. In order that the residents... 

The following is an open letter to the SMRT Board of Directors by the Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME), on the recent SMRT strike. In her letter to the media, Ms Bridget Tan, the CEO and founder of HOME, said: "The stand of HOME is clear - we are of the position that SMRT is responsible for the 'illegal'... 

Transport Minister Mr Lui Tuck Yew says that bus fares may have to go up in order to accommodate wage increases of bus drivers. The SDP makes it clear that such a move is reprehensible and unacceptable. The reason is two-fold: One, transport operators have been registering healthy profits in past years to the tune of tens of...