THE TEMASEK REVIEW

Beleaguered National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan continued to deny his role in contributing to the sky-rocketing property prices today by failing to build sufficient new flats to meet rising demands fueled by the relentless influx of foreigners between the years 2006 and 2008. During a dialogue session with some 100... 

The Secretary-General of the Reform Party Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam has issued a call for netizens to step forward and fight for democracy by providing ground support to his party. Set up in 2008, the Reform Party has won many fans among young IT-savvy Singaporeans with a forward-looking leadership and feasible proposals to... 

Former Workers’ Party candidate Chia Ti Lik has founded a new opposition party “Socialist Front” with former Reform Party Chairman Ng Teck Siong. Mr Chia is the new party’s Secretary-General and Mr Ng its Chairman. When contacted by the Straits Times, Mr Ng confirmed the registration of the party,... 

A NTU PRC student who is also a Singapore PR was caught moonlighting as a freelance prostitute by a Lianhe Wanbao journalist disguised as an interested customer. It is not known if she is “foreign scholar” studying here on MOE scholarship. The Chinese evening daily received a tip-off from the father of a... 

Despite the best of efforts of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to appease angry Singaporeans during his National Day Rally speech over his ultra-liberal immigration policies, Singaporeans remain unconvinced by his argument that Singapore needs foreigners to continue growing. Two days after his speech, a Facebook group was... 

Despite his sustained effort at the National Day Rally to justify the need for foreign talent, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has failed to convince every Singaporean. In fact, some are emotionally unable to accept the Prime Minister ’s statement. At a dialogue session chaired by Minister of National Development Mah... 

A Singaporean by the name of Tan Tien Li has written to the Straits Times Forum to complain about the new rules introduced lately to curb speculation and to cool down the property market, especially that of resale HDB flats. (read letter here) Under the new regulations, home owners who want to move house will have to provide... 

14 Chinese nationals working as singers in a pub along Bukit Timah Road have been arrested after they allegedly attacked a man on or about 3am yesterday (Sept 1) morning. Photo: Shin Min Daily The 31-year-old victim is a Singaporean Mr Joe Wong who is the co-owner of another branch of the lounge (Melody Valley 2). He... 

A seemingly straight-forward email interview with YOG critic Mr Abdul Malik somehow got “morphed” along the way by the Straits Times to become subtle propaganda for the PAP’s “approved” opposition party – the Workers’ Party. Mr Abdul Malik made the international headlines when he... 

A local blogger from theliberatingtruth.wordpress.com has published a list of “academic poisons” consisting of 15 foreign students from NTU School of Computer Engineering, two of whom are from China with the rest from India and Pakistan. The names and photos of the foreign students are printed on the blacklist...