A Motion Passed, A Dissent Recorded Singapore’s Parliament voted on Wednesday, 6 August, to pass an amended motion calling for a more equal and inclusive economy, one with space for both local enterprises and global companies, following a nine-hour debate…
When a court’s power to compel a DNA test meets a credibility threshold it cannot clear, the entire architecture of a S$1 million claim collapses before it begins. A Singapore family court has dismissed a woman’s application to compel an…
A Structural Shift in How Singapore Thinks About Work Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow has signalled a fundamental reorientation in Singapore’s approach to workforce development — one that moves the centre of gravity away from pre-employment education and toward continuous, in-career…
The central thesis of Singapore’s recurring land-use debate is almost always misframed. When the Housing and Development Board announced in July its plan to clear nearly two-thirds of Maju Forest for a new residential development in Sunset Way, the public…
When Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced his Cabinet changes last week, the appointments told a story that extended well beyond the names on the list. The promotions of six first-term Members of Parliament — most of them former civil servants…
Senior Minister K Shanmugam and Minister for Trade and Industry (Energy and Industry) Tan See Leng have each been awarded S$145,000 (approximately US$112,000) in legal costs, following their successful defamation suit against Bloomberg LP and its journalist Mr Low De…
A New Party, A Familiar Cast Parti Wawasan Negara — known simply as Wawasan — made its electoral debut in the Negeri Sembilan state election barely two months after its formal launch, contesting four seats under the Perikatan Nasional (PN)…
Singapore’s property sector has broadly welcomed a new regulatory measure requiring agents to complete at least three transactions over three years to qualify for licence renewal, even as industry voices flag a potential loophole and call for robust safeguards around…
A Troubling Spike in a Specific Cohort Singapore recorded 441 suicides in 2024, according to finalised data from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) released by the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) on Tuesday, 28 July. The headline figure represents a…
The law, in Singapore, has never been a quiet vocation. Speaking at the National University of Singapore Law Faculty’s freshmen inauguration ceremony on Sunday, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam delivered a measured but…
