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The High Court yesterday resumed a hearing, held in chambers, to decide on the appeal initiated by the SDP against the correction direction made by the POFMA office under the direction of the alternate authority of the Minister of National Development during GE 2020. The hearing had adjourned on 11 September 2020 when the SDPContinue reading “SDP appeals to High Court to set aside POFMA Correction Direction on population policy”

After the SDP won a partial victory in court in the POFMA case against the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), the MOM quickly issued another POFMA against us yesterday. Unbelievable but true. The Court of Appeal had ruled in favour of the SDP over one of the Correction Directions the MOM issued against the SDP inContinue reading “Court: Untenable that a statement is false just because a minister says so”

If there’s anything Singaporeans have learnt is that the PAP cannot be trusted to carry out its promises. A few concrete examples illustrate this point: 1. Dr Vivian Balakrishnan promised that the TraceTogether programme will be used only by the MOH for Covid-related purposes. Months later, it was revealed that the police had used theContinue reading “Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act (FICA)”

The handling of the Covid-19 pandemic by the Government’s Multi-Ministerial Task Force has been plagued with a distinct lack of coherence and direction. This has left Singaporeans confused and frustrated. The lack of a clear strategy in dealing with the pandemic has also left businesses unable to plan ahead. The reactive nature of the MMTF’sContinue reading “SDP introduces a sensible and foresighted plan to exit the Covid pandemic”

SADASIVAM VERIYAH, a strong advocate of democracy who spent decades in the background before finally answering the call to stand for election twice under the SDP ticket – in 2011 and 2015. We crossed paths in the mid-80s, during my first election foray in 1984 in Kg Kembangan. Always behind the scene, Sada has alwaysContinue reading “A eulogy to Sadasivam Veriyah – by Jufrie Mahmood”

In his May Day Rally speech, Mr Lee Hsien Loong cautioned: “I hope Singaporeans work with us, and not let down our guard. It is not time to relax yet…Do not make the mistakes other countries have done – celebrate too early, relax too fast, let your guard down.” The SDP will not have theContinue reading “PM’s May Day statement on Covid”

Part of Kranji forest gone. Photo credit: Google Earth The SDP said in our first statement that the logging of the forested area could not have been done “by mistake” because the project had to be carried across government ministries and agencies. What is most telling is that the government had not only announced theContinue reading “Appointment of Perm Sec to head Kranji forest disaster unacceptable”

The shocking revelation that a huge part of the Kranji woodland was cleared “by mistake” raises serious questions. This revelation comes in the midst of widespread public outcry over the persistent gazetting of various forested areas in Bukit Batok, Clementi and Dover for development. Even while the Minister for National Development Desmond Lee fends offContinue reading “Only a child will believe that the Kranji forest destruction was done “by mistake”; PAP must reveal what really happened”