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‘Free My Internet’ Movement Rises in Singapore
Singapore’s new licensing scheme for news websites announced by the Media Development Authority (MDA) was quickly denounced by many netizens as a censorship measure. A group of concerned netizens...
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Malaysian Lawyer sentenced to 30 months in prison for sedition
Lawyer P. Uthayakumar was sentenced to two years six months prison for writing a seditious letter addressed to former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Sessions Court Judge Ahmad Zamzani Mohd Zain...
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We Love Our Country and We MEAN it
Dear Fellow TRS Readers,This coming 1st July 2013 is SAF Day.I would like to invite all fellow Singaporeans to partake, on this day, in an online celebration for our NSF, NSmen and Regulars.Want to...
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Blogs black out for 24 hours, S’poreans become more physically fit
[This is a satire article from New Nation]A bunch of local blogs decided to pull the plug for 24 hours throughout June 6 in a symbolic gesture to show what it is like to not have access to...
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Labour productivity down 2.6% last year
According to PAP–anointed "labour" MP Zainal Sapari, this was "not surprising because in the past our productivity was actually driven by manpower supply. As the Government has tightened the foreign...
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Tour bus driver arrested after running over and killing pedestrian in Geylang
<Photos: Shin Min Daily News>A tour bus driver was arrested yesterday (June 5) after knocking down and killing a man in a horrific 'double' accident, where he ran over the victim twice, pinning...
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The Magic amount of $60
How did the National Wage Council come up with such an amount of $60 for our low wage workers? Is $60 a magic amount? No! Let's see the reason why...The National Wages Council (NWC) has proposed that...
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Singapore is a Police State
Borrowed from one of my favourite writers ... in his own Press release ...“I will call a spade a spade. We are dealing with a police state. A leadership that has no compunction whatsoever in deploying...
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Fare Review Mechanism Report Delayed Yet Again
Fare Review Mechanism Committee ("FRMC"), which was supposed to submit its report to the Government this month, will now need another few more months to complete its report.What's happening?Public...
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Tan Chuan Jin the new poster boy of PAP
It used to be Khaw Boon Wan the devout Buddhist, the one that was full of compassion and very in touch with the ordinary people. Many could identify with him as a good minister. Boon Wan was THE man to...
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Local to Foreigner Ratios: PRs should Not be Counted as Locals!
A few days ago, in the newspaper, it reported that the lowest ratio of Locals to Foreign Talent was in the banking sector with the 70% Locals. Citibank, Standard Chartered Bank, DBS etc. were the ones...
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Quadruple confirm: Public servants don’t do cost-benefit analysis
Former NUS law professor, Tey Tsun Hang, was sentenced to a 5 months’ jail term and ordered to pay a penalty of $514.80 by the court yesterday. He was convicted of corruptly obtaining gifts and sex...
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Be Proud
As the #FreeMyInternet movement continues to gain traction, with over a thousand people heading to Hong Lim Park tomorrow and the petition gaining about four thousand signatures, people have also...
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It is not about the Internet alone. We need to free the media as a whole.
Singapore has come some way since the days of near absolute information control and a pervasive climate of fear. As a teenager in the 1980s, I remember clearly the oppressive political environment...
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Simple Calculations on CHC Funds
Let's do some back-of-the-envelop calculations on the account of Arise and Build Fund.Total Arise and Build Funds raised for the new building >$130,000,000.Valuation of Suntec Convention Center...
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Horrific abuse: Dog's snout so badly wounded, it looks like it's cut in two
TRS reader Ricky came across this dog abuse case on facebook where a Silky Terrier's snout was tied so tightly with something, its flesh was cut into and badly infected.Ricky hopes the abuser can be...
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MDA’s second email response to blogger at HeartTruths
Dear Mr Ngerng,Thank you for your feedback.We would like to reiterate and elaborate on our earlier point that the content standards for these news sites remains the same even under the new licensing...
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Conversation: Another Response about Rude French Kids in Serangoon
As a Singaporean who has been studying and living in the UK for the past 3 years and counting, and who has over the years spent here, taken more than a passing interest over the progression of British...
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You don't need a degree to make it in life
3 years ago, I was freshly graduated from my poly, happy and free.At that time, my mum casually sat me down over a meal and told me that she had seen the uncle whom I disliked. He had asked about me,...
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Roy Ngerng's Speech at Hong Lim Park
The following is the full transcript of the speech that I had given at the #FreeMyInternet protest at the Hong Lim Park on 8 June 2013.Singaporeans Need Step Up to Protect The Independence and Freedom...
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