How Mr Lee Kuan Yew came to sign the Last Will he thought was the First Will
The source for this article is the Law Society v Lee Suet Fern [2020] SGHC 255 (“C3J Judgement”) The Court of Three Judges found that the “demolition clause” was removed from the fifth and sixth will. The First to the Sixth Will Between 20 August 2011 and 2 November 2012, Mr Lee Kuan Yew executed […]
MDDI to Guardian: No legal restraints. Lee Hsien Yang, his wife and son are and have always been free to return to Singapore
In response to a media enquiry from Guardian on Lee Hsien Yang being granted political asylum in the UK, Ms Andrea Goh, Senior Director, Media Division at the Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI) said, “Your proposition that Mr Lee Hsien Yang and his family are victims of ‘baseless’ and ‘unfounded’ persecution is itself […]
I am a political refugee under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention: Lee Hsien Yang
Lee Hsien Yang claimed in a Facebook post that he has become a political refugee. According to him, the UK has determined that he faced a ‘𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡-𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙚’. Well, Amos Yee was a political refugee too who successfully sought asylum in the US. His supporters in Singapore were many and […]
Train reliability does not depend on age alone: Chee Hong Tat
The reliability of a train depends on several factors, and not only on its age alone. Trains that remain reliable can continue to be used, if they have not exceeded their service life, Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat said in a ministerial statement in Parliament (15 October 2024). The structural integrity of the first generation […]
Lee Kuan Yew’s 2012 renovation plans for 38 Oxley Road had conservation in mind
On 12 September 1965, shortly after independence, the fledgling nation’s prime minister Lee Kuan Yew stood before a crowd of supporters and declared, “We made this country. From nothing! From mudflats! Ten years from now, this will be a metropolis. Never fear!” The momentum of nation-building began. Almost without anyone noticing it, Mr Lee had […]
It will become harder to disregard short-term considerations in decision-making, SM Lee cautions
Speaking at the Annual Public Service Leadership Ceremony 2024 (17 September 2024) SM Lee said that the government has been able to govern Singapore well because of good public service, good political leadership and the right relationship between the two. Good policies and good politics Getting policies right is crucial, because only good policies can […]
The real reason WP Gerald Giam objects to NTUC’s close relationship with the PAP
Gerald Giam hijacked the debate on a Bill to protect platform workers to launch an attack on NTUC and its partnership with the ruling party. He should learn the history of his own party first. Two-thirds of WP’s founding executive committee were trade unionists. And how did the Workers’ Party derive its name? Its founder, David Marshall had […]
Personal responsibility remains a cornerstone even with the Jobseeker Support Scheme: Tan See Leng
Why the Jobseeker Support Scheme (JSS)? “We wanted to create a better alternative to unemployment insurance,” says Manpower Minister Dr Tan See Leng in Parliament. In other countries, unemployment insurance has brought about unintended and indesirable outcomes including being more attractive to stay unemployed. The Singapore Government is also mindful of rising costs for businesses […]
Pritam Singh denies wanting to form Government, but past statements suggest otherwise.
In a Facebook post this week, Workers’ Party (WP) leader Pritam Singh has denied that his party is looking to form the Government. He took issue with political analyst Gillian Koh’s commentary in the Straits Times on April 17 which said the Workers’ Party “ will tilt towards a strategy of forming the Government at […]
Like others before him, is Leong Mun Wai the latest victim thrown under the bus by Pritam Singh?
Sometime in Parliament last week, a strange revelation cropped up. As we might recall, there was a poor West Coast couple who supposedly cried wolf about not receiving any help from the government. It led Mr Leong Mun Wai from the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) to swoop in with guns blazing to blast the PAP […]