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The SDP has applied for a license to stage its National Day Rally on 26 August 2001 at the Yio Chu Kang Stadium. The Police has stipulated that the Party has to engage 13 CISCO (Commercial and Industrial Security Corpn.) officers for crowd control purposes (see condition no. 11 below). The expenses would have toContinue reading “PAP makes it even more difficult for SDP to stage rally”

The SDP has applied for a public license to stage a National Day Rally on August 26, 2001, Sunday, at the Yio Chu Kang Stadium. The application was made on July 18, 2001. SDP Assistant Secretary-General Wong Hong Toy has written to the Licensing Division to ask the Police to issue the license without furtherContinue reading “National Day Rally”

In his National Day Message, Mr Goh Chok Tong told Singaporeans: “Your worries are mine, too.” How does the Prime Minister expect to be taken seriously when he draws an annual salary of $2 million while the average Singaporean is either jobless or faces imminent retrenchment? While he increased his own salary in 2000 byContinue reading “Surely you jest, Mr Prime Minister”

The Young Democrats deplores the latest move by the Government to impose new rules for campaigning on the Internet (Straits Times, July 26, 2001). This new legislation is yet another sorry attempt by the PAP to prevent the Opposition from effectively reaching out to voters during elections. With the local media in the hands ofContinue reading “YD Protests Internet Ban”

There are many questions left unanswered about the PAP’s foreign talent policy. One is: Does it benefit the people or just the PAP? In a regional survey conducted by Mastercard, almost 20 percent of Singaporeans, mainly young professionals, indicated that they would like to leave Singapore and live somewhere else. Of these, an overwhelming majorityContinue reading “Foreign Talent, Local Torment”

Dr Chee Soon Juan recently returned from the U.S. after finishing a six-month fellowship at the Center for International Studies at the University of Chicago. Dr Chee spent most of his time there doing research for his new book (which will be out shortly), and giving lectures and talks. He also travelled to different partsContinue reading “Chee, back from the US, says ‘There’s so much energy there’”

The SDP is deeply concerned about newspaper reports that US Republican congressional leaders have criticized President Bill Clinton’s negotiations with Singapore to sign a free trade agreement because it includes labor and environmental standards. Singapore is run by an authoritarian government that does not respect the rights of the people. Because of this, Singaporeans doContinue reading “SDP urges US Government to respect rights of Singaporeans”

The SDP would like to ask Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong why the PAP sees the need to exert such suffocating control over civil society. The recent spat with the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) is just one example of the way the party continues to seek absolute control over the people. The SDP hasContinue reading “Stop pitting ethnic groups against each other”

The SDP is deeply saddened by the crash of flight SQ006 in Taipei. We send our condolences to the families of those who died in the tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with them during this difficult time. Chee Soon JuanSecretary-General

You seem determined to propagate the myth that Mr Chiam See Tong “was ousted from SDP in 1993 by his protege, Dr Chee Soon Juan” (ST, 11 Sep 2000). Your own reports of the events will show clearly that Mr Chiam had resigned as secretary-general of the SDP in 1993 after the Central Executive CommitteeContinue reading “Sad State of journalism”