A Physicist’s look at the Constitution of Singapore (Part 8 of 9)
Part 8 – Preventive Detention Article 149 provides the suspension of certain constitutional guarantees in the legislation against subversion. In particular, Article 149 authorizes preventive detention in the Internal Security Act (Cap 143) and Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act (Cap 67). Article 149 was transferred...
Losing the Democratic Soul
When I first read about this saga of WP controlled Aljunied Town Council using the "carrot" of attractive Lucky Draw Prizes to get favourable HDB upgrading poll result, I was devastated. This brings me back to a very emotional past of mine. It was the Generation Elections held in early 1997 (2 Jan 1997). I was one of the...
SMEs, u don’t make enough $ in SG & still wanna go overseas?
Came across this boliao article in the newspapers recently: Greedy Bosses complain nobody wants their cheapo job vacancies Wah lao eh, these SMEs are getting too much liao, now complaining about failure to hire workers to do low-paying jobs "About 30 per cent of SMEs said they are looking to relocate overseas to stay viable,...
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