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Lee Hsien Loong relax laws on public protest for foreigners

Despite knowingly aware that Singapore ban all forms of public protest, over 10 foreigners were shown leniency by the Singapore Police and not charged for protesting during the Trump-Kim meeting....

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Unemployment rate for under 30s hit ten-year-high of 5.6%

According to the latest employment statistics by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), the unemployment rate for residents (citizens and permanent residents) under 30 years old hit a ten-year-high of 5.6%....

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President Halimah Yacob an embarrassment during Trump-Kim meeting

Everyone is asking: where was President Halimah Yacob during the high profile Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un meeting? Like elderly picking up cardboard and all other things embarrassing in the real...

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K Shanmugam: Missile from North Korea takes 20 mins to hit Singapore

Defending against criticisms over the S$20 million sponsorship of the Trump-Kim meeting, Law Minister K Shanmugam gave a rhetoric response saying that North Korea might hit Singapore with missiles:...

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Singaporeans are poor by CPF-HDB design

Most Singaporeans are clueless about the precarious situation they are in, that could result them in a life of poverty. For a start there are several numerous ticking time-bombs from the operating...

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Trump and Kim left Singapore with the wrong impression

First world international showpiece. Or so this is what US President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un were made to see Singapore as. Like many tourists in Singapore on a short...

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Minister Gan Kim Yong: Sugar tax will promote water drinking

In an interview with state media Straits Times published yesterday (Jun 19), Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said he will be imposing a new sugar tax to promote water drinking in Singapore: “On the cards...

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ACRA: Sorry we do not check company registrations

Statutory board Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) was forced to apologise to on state media Straits Times forum after confirming that they do not check the addresses of companies...

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China man: If this is China, I would beat you

A China national man was jailed six months for punching a beautician woman after his surgically-removed mole was not healing. According to court hearings, Xia Tao, 21, went to M&D Brow Beauty at...

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Singaporeans to get S$300 compensation for over-taxation in GST

According to the Ministry of Finance, 1.39 million Singaporean citizens will receive S$300 cash each in August. Totalling S$410 million, the cash handout called “GST vouchers” was given to compensate...

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Temasek Holdings: Electricity tariff to increase by 13.7% this year

Following high profile losses in overseas stock market, Temasek Holdings’ monopoly company on Singapore electricity supply yesterday (Jun 29) announced a record 6.9% increase in electricity tariff for...

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Minister Edwin Tong: Singaporeans will become lazy if we give more

In a state media interview with CNA, Senior Minister of State Edwin Tong said that the government is not giving more to Singaporeans because the people will become lazy: “I’ve seen the experiences of...

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Resident to Minister Indranee: I don’t care who you are

A courageous act of an anonymous elderly resident was greeted with cheers from the people after he admonished Minister Indranee Rajah for poorly-conceived government policies raising water and...

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SMRT: Time to raise fares

Newly-nationalised public transport operator SMRT has just posted its first loss since inception. In a press release, SMRT published in it’s annual operations review report that the state-owned...

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Government denies profiting from insurance sale

In response to an anonymous Whatsapp message said to be circulating on messaging platforms, the Singapore government denied making a profit from the sale of mandatory insurance policies like...

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Minister Gan Kim Yong: Elderly poor excluded from CareShield Life

Deliberately excluding elderly above the age of 49, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong demanded that old people would have to opt in and pay “premiums of more than S$1,000 for 10 years” if they want...

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PAP Speaker Tan Chuan Jin: NMPs have done well

Praising the outgoing Nominated MPs (NMPs), the PAP Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan Jin said that they “have done well” and behaved in the ruling party’s expectations: “The current batch of Nominated...

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Minister Chan Chun Sing: “Innovate regulation” to your advantage

Minister of Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing brought question marks in front of his French audience at a media conference in Paris on Thursday (Jul 12) after he asked rhetorical questions about...

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Homeless elderly poor died sleeping outside Jurong Point shopping centre

A 56-year-old homeless elderly was found dead in a sleeping position at a public bench outside popular shopping centre Jurong Point on Friday (Jul 13). Reported in a Chinese state media report, the...

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GIC: We didn’t lose money, our best returns are only “dropping out”

At the media briefing on GIC’s annual reports, the sovereign wealth fund company handling taxes and CPF retirement funds claimed reported it’s lowest twenty-year return since 2009. The twenty-year...

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