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The PAP Stops MPS In Opposition Wards. Does This Signify Fairer Play?

The PAP Stops MPS In Opposition Wards. Does This Signify Fairer Play?

Top image from Shamsul Kamar’s Facebook, at a grocery distribution programme (taken before the pandemic). He is the PAP Kaki Bukit branch chairman in Aljunied GRC, as well as the constituency’s grassroots adviser. A little-known twist has happened quietly within opposition wards:

by Sean Lim

July 12, 2021

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Singapore, If Xenophobia Determined Our Policies

Singapore, If Xenophobia Determined Our Policies

All images from Rice File Photos. You don’t have to look hard to find strains and spores of xenophobia. It’s in your family group chats; it’s in local property listings; it’s in the forum letters published by newspapers; it’s in the comments section of viral Facebook posts.

by Ilyas Sholihyn

July 5, 2021

Until Our Politicians Talk About Race More Meaningfully, This Conversation Isn’t Going Anywhere

Until Our Politicians Talk About Race More Meaningfully, This Conversation Isn’t Going Anywhere

Top image: Screencap/Mediacorp – Although our politicians have always condemned racism, they have hesitated to discuss it in substantive or meaningful ways. This silence at the top has not kept pace with how conversation on the ground is evolving. – Focusing only on obvious examples of racism limi

by Sophie Chew

June 26, 2021

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Is It Time To Revamp Singapore’s PM Playbook?

Is It Time To Revamp Singapore’s PM Playbook?

Top image credit: PM Lee (Facebook) When asked to picture someone with prime ministerial calibre, who comes to mind? Is it the incumbent PM Lee Hsien Loong who reassured Singaporeans in his circuit breaker speech last year, saying, “If any country can see this through, it is Singa

by Sean Lim

May 4, 2021

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The PAP’s Compromise Candidate Is Gone. The Next PM It Chooses Will Decide Its Direction

The PAP’s Compromise Candidate Is Gone. The Next PM It Chooses Will Decide Its Direction

Top image: Malay Mail During last Thursday’s press conference where DPM Heng Swee Keat withdrew from the PM race, the word ‘team’ was heavily mentioned, especially from the frontrunners tipped to replace Heng. Granted, the government is more than one person and it is fair for

by Sean Lim

April 15, 2021