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In rejecting the SDP’s application for the cancellation of the Correction Directions, the MOM has failed to provide any grounds for its decision. MOM’s reply simply insisted that “your Application does not provide sufficient grounds for the cancellation of the CDs.” This is not a rational answer as the SDP had submitted a detailed account – includingContinue reading “Josephine Teo’s refusal to substantiate POFMA allegation is indication of calibre of PAP’s 4G leadership”

The SDP sent on Friday our official application to Minister for Manpower Josephine Teo to cancel the Correction Directions she issued for three of our posts on the issue of the PAP’s foreign worker policy. We also called on her to apologise for wrongly labelling our posts as false. We laid out our case in detailContinue reading “Teo’s update on discrimination against S’porean workers: A sincere plan or desperate damage control? “

The SDP calls on Minister for Manpower Josephine Teo to retract the POFMA Correction Directions she issued to the party on 14 December 2019 and issue an immediate, unambiguous and public apology over the matter. This is because the SDP’s statements in the three posts which the Minister cited are, in fact, true and correct.Continue reading “SDP calls on Josephine Teo to retract correction directions and apologise, cites MOM’s own statistics to prove she’s wrong”

Google has banned political advertising in Singapore following the SDP’s attempt to purchase ads on its platforms. SDP’s Chairman Paul Tambyah wrote to the company to enquire about its shocking policy. In his email to Google CEO Mr Sundar Pichai, Dr Tambyah said that such ads ensure that “Singaporean voters are not deprived of information asContinue reading “Paul Tambyah asks Google to explain ban of political ads in S’pore”

The ban on personal mobile devices or PMDs have caused much unhappiness among its users especially those who depend on such devices for a living, for example, food deliverers. This is a difficult situation because of accidents caused by PMD riders on footpaths in the past that have resulted in injuries and even death. TheContinue reading “SDP: Explore alternative ways rather than ban PMD use; don’t penalise responsible users”

Dr Chee Soon Juan has written to the PAP MP for Bukit Batok, Mr Murali Pillai, following the findings of the SCDF that fire safety measures were violated at Blk 210A. The SCDF has issued Fire Hazard Abatement Notices (FHANs) to the Jurong Clementi Town Council (JCTC) following investigations after a fire broke out at the block lastContinue reading “Chee writes to Murali as SCDF serves notice on Town Council for fire-safety violations over Bukit Batok fire”

Smart cities. What are they? How are they developed? And by whom and to what end? These are some questions we grappled with at a recent workshop I attended titled ‘Smart City Blueprint’ organised by the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD). It was an event meant to equip regional political parties with the skills forContinue reading “A “Smart City” not just one full of the latest gadgets”

The composition of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the SDP remained largely unchanged following party elections at its 19th Ordinary Party Conference held this evening at its headquarters. Prof Paul Tambyah was re-elected Chairman and Dr Chee Soon Juan as Secretary-General. The following were also elected into the CEC: Christopher Ang, Damanhuri Abas, Jufri Salim,Continue reading “SDP maintains leadership at party conference as it stands ready for GE”

This email was sent to the SDP recently. The author, while permitting us to publish it, prefers to remain anonymous. Except for a few obvious typos, we herewith publish it as-is: Dear Sir, The Jobless PMET crisis is worse than I myself imagined whereby Employers, Recruitment Agencies, the government agencies themselves seemed like not workingContinue reading “Prof Tommy Koh’s article on SG PMETS: My personal encounter on state of Qualified PMETS in Singapore”