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(AFP, 10 Jan) - Singapore's governing party faces a poll test this month to fill the seat of the ex-parliamentary Speaker who quit over an affair, officials said Wednesday, at a time of growing criticism of its rule. The January 26 by-election will give a new snapshot of the public mood two years after the People's Action Party... 

The most talked about political issue in Singapore last month was the sudden resignation of Speaker of Parliament Michael Palmer after he admitted to having an extramarital affair with the constituency director of the People's Association (PA) of another district. Following his disclosure Palmer resigned as both the Speaker... 

Acting Minister of Manpower, Tan Chuan-Jin. I, Vincent Wijeysingha, wrote and posted the article entitled “‘You can resign and go to SBS,’ the drivers were told” on my Facebook account on 2 December 2012 (the “Article”). The Article’s focus was on the recent illegal strike by the Chinese bus drivers of SMRT Corporation...