Dr Chee Soon Juan delivers the SDP's Lunar New Year message. He talks about the hardship of working Singaporeans and calls on the people to make Singapore a place where competition for jobs, especially with foreigners, is fair.
In Part I, we discussed the problems of Singapore's economic performance as far as the GDP and productivity are concerned. In this second instalment, we continue to examine the soundness of the PAP's economic policies, in particular the unfortunate turn towards capitalising on vice as a source of income.
Singapore's economy, as with most economies starting up, thrived on investments from the industrialised world which brought much needed capital, employment and technological know-how. This happened across Asia with the Tiger economies of South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore.
The Singapore Democratic Party's logo was among three political party symbols on display at the 100 Icons Exhibition at National Library Building last week.
Organised by The Design Society, the exhibition featured a presentation of logos, symbols, trademarks and icons from various organisations that are significant to Singapore’s social history and visual culture. Among them were logos from Government bodies like the People's Association and GLCs such as SIA.
The SDP's Alternative Economic Programme presented herein discusses the structure and present state of the Singapore economy. It provides an analysis of the problems that beset our economic system and, more importantly, makes concrete, workable, and realistic alternative proposals.
This report is divided into three main sections: a. Economic Growth And How It Affects You b. Rich Man, Poor Man c. The Trouble With Savings
We've had bloggers, a women's rights advocate, an anti-death penalty campaigner, an opposition candidate, and a former ISA detainee on our Let's Talk series. This week to turn to the literary world where we get up close with Mr Ng Yi-Sheng, poet, playwright and winner of the 2008 Singapore Literature Prize.
The bait was better working hours, cheaper cars and housing - and in three weeks thousands from Singapore have registered their interest in living in New Zealand.
Sri Lanka's foreign employment bureau authorities have detected a racket by an organized gang in sending underage youth overseas on tourist visas, on the pretext of providing employment.
The report need not say or recommend anything new. It just needs to look and sound officious, and to occupy front and centre of the newspaper. That's exactly what the report by ESC is about.
At first glance, Hong Kong and Singapore could be twins, but the manner in which the authorities handled political dissent led to very different results.
DBS Group Holdings Ltd., Southeast Asia’s biggest bank, will focus on growing its operations in China and India ... to reduce dependence on its Singapore home market.
Singapore aborted a flight display at its international airshow on Thursday after a South Korean pilot steered his jet too close to spectators, witnesses and the show organiser said.
Illegal loans rose almost 60 percent last year as Singaporeans reeling from the economic crisis turned to loan sharks to tide them over the tough times, a senior police official said Monday.
The influx of foreign workers has caused considerable antagonism among native Singaporeans, not only because they are regarded as taking jobs away from the locals...
GIC Real Estate, the sovereign wealth fund of the Singaporean government, has created a partnership with Deutsche Bank to provide debt finance to the European real estate market.
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The Singapore Democratic Party's logo was among three political party symbols on display at the 100 Icons Exhibition at National Library Building last week. 
The bait was better working hours, cheaper cars and housing - and in three weeks thousands from Singapore have registered their interest in living in New Zealand.
Sri Lanka's foreign employment bureau authorities have detected a racket by an organized gang in sending underage youth overseas on tourist visas, on the pretext of providing employment.
The report need not say or recommend anything new. It just needs to look and sound officious, and to occupy front and centre of the newspaper. That's exactly what the report by ESC is about.
At first glance, Hong Kong and Singapore could be twins, but the manner in which the authorities handled political dissent led to very different results.
DBS Group Holdings Ltd., Southeast Asia’s biggest bank, will focus on growing its operations in China and India ... to reduce dependence on its Singapore home market.
Sony Corp. announced Thursday that it will close by March a Singaporean factory that manufactures parts for Blu-ray Disc recorders.
Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek said on Friday it doubled the size of its borrowing programme to $10 billion to allow for future bond issues.
Singapore aborted a flight display at its international airshow on Thursday after a South Korean pilot steered his jet too close to spectators, witnesses and the show organiser said.
Indonesia's Deputy Attorney General Darmono said Singapore had remained the favorite haven for wanted corrupters from Indonesia.
Illegal loans rose almost 60 percent last year as Singaporeans reeling from the economic crisis turned to loan sharks to tide them over the tough times, a senior police official said Monday.
Temasek Holdings Pte., Singapore’s state-owned investment company, plans to sell S$1 billion ($704 million) of 10-year bonds to fund operations.
Many have already made their decisions, consciously or unconsciously. As for me, I have chosen to stay and to fight for a better Singapore.
We will put forward an alternative economic model that is fundamentally different from that practiced by the PAP.
South Korea's Woori Investment & Securities Co Ltd is set to launch a $30 million fund-of-hedge-funds with Temasek's Fullerton Fund Management.
The influx of foreign workers has caused considerable antagonism among native Singaporeans, not only because they are regarded as taking jobs away from the locals...
GIC Real Estate, the sovereign wealth fund of the Singaporean government, has created a partnership with Deutsche Bank to provide debt finance to the European real estate market.
