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Archive for the ‘Opinions’ Category

Why invoke POFMA when a simple Facebook post will do the trick?

On 22 January 2020, the Minister of Home Affairs (MHA) issued a Correction Direction under POFMA against The Online Citizen SG (TOC) for reporting about allegations made by Lawyers for Liberty(LfL). On 25 January 2020, the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) posted a clarification on its Facebook Page in response...

Treat foreigners equally and fairly

A few people suggested that I should patronise stalls run by Singaporeans and not foreigners. I do not agree with this suggestion. We should treat everyone who works in Singapore, whether local or foreigner, without discrimination. The foreigners who come to run a stall in Singapore have to pay the high rental and work exceptional...

A ‘fake’ democracy is not what we need at our current stage of development

Democracy literally means “rule by people” - people elect representatives into government to represent their views and interest. Regular elections - which can be influenced - is but the mechanics; the lifeblood of a democracy is information, communication and trust. But how is the people going to make their views and interest...

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