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SINGAPORE: Public comments made by former Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) Calvin Cheng about a pro-Palestinian activist group in Singapore were “unacceptable and hurtful”, Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Masagos Zulkifli said on Wednesday (Apr 9). Mr Masagos, who is also Minister for Social and Family Development, was weighing in on the matter for the second…
THE WAY FORWARD FOR SINGAPORE Speaking at the launch of the Marsiling-Yew Tee Town five-year master plan at Yew Tee Square on Saturday morning, Prime Minister Wong said that Singaporeans might enter a world that is more “dangerous and unpredictable”. Despite the “dark clouds” ahead, Mr Wong said Singapore has always overcome such challenges with…
Mr Shanmugam also said he wants to “move on” from the incident and focus on building community by having engagements to “discuss issues, including difficult ones”. “We can do it (in a) constructive way. If you look at Singapore, all our cultures, that’s the approach,” said Mr Shanmugam. “That message is even stronger in this…
SINGAPORE: Manpower Minister Tan See Leng and Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam have filed applications against news organisation Bloomberg and one of its journalists for defamation. According to the court website, the cases are fixed for case conferences on Mar 3. Bloomberg ran an article, titled “Singapore Mansion Deals Are Increasingly Shrouded in…
Since 2020, there has been a “very significant” increase in the number of road accidents. While the numbers remain below pre-pandemic levels, “the way they are going up is something that is of concern”, Mr Shanmugam said. In 2024, there were about 7,200 road accidents, resulting in about 142 fatalities. The number of speed-related fatal…
The Straits Times reported on Friday that the case came to light after an anonymous complaint from a member of the public about migrant worker cleaners in Nee Soon GRC giving money to their manager. In a Facebook post on Friday, Red Dot United called the matter “troubling” and “utterly unacceptable”. The party, led by…
