http://www.straitstimes.com/forum/story/0,5562,392100,00.html?

PAP should stop dangling 'goodies' to win votes. Find out what makes the opposition tick instead

I agree with some PAP leaders' comments regarding the loyalty and passion of voters in the opposition wards and that even multi-million dollar upgrading plans cannot buy them over.

As I ( Read more... )

http://www.straitstimes.com/sub/asia/story/0,5562,392456,00.html?

May 12, 2006
ABDULLAH'S VISION FOR UMNO
'A developed Malay race by 2020'

Call for Malays to improve themselves is seen as signal that there will be no more handouts

By Leslie Lau
Malaysia Correspondent

JOHOR BARU - PRIME Minister Abdullah Badawi implored Malays to push ahead to ( Read more... )

• IHT - Singapore beyond Lee
• CNA - 34,000 people sign petition against Took Leng How's death sentence
• Committee to Protect Journalists slams the PAP government for stifling critics
• IHT - Courts in Singapore come under scrutiny

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In the first of a series of postings on the 2006 elections, WP candidate Goh Meng Seng who stood against the PAP in Aljunied, talks about depressed journalists, how the blogosphere has pushed the traditional media to less biased coverage, and the selective coverage/omission by the media of points raised by the opposition during the hustings.

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A few hilarious takes from TalkingCock.com's post election roundup:

"... our deepest congratulations to all parties and all the civil serpents, polling and counting agents for their hard work, even if it's to just maintain our status quo. We're really a hentak kaki country, aren't we? All that legwork, and even those constituencies with no walkover ( Read more... )

http://www.straitstimes.com/forum/story/0,5562,392236,00.html?

May 11, 2006
MediaCorp explains election coverage

I REFER to Mr Joseph Yao Chong's letter, 'CNA coverage of results lopsided' (ST, May 9), and 'GE news in Mandarin on Indian TV channel' (ST, May 8) by Mr V. Varderajaloo.

First, we want to thank them both for watching MediaCorp's ( Read more... )

Three letters were sent in to ST Forum today calling on the government to extend upgrading to opposition wards and another which called for national politics to be kept out of town council management. NONE of them made it to print. They appeared only in the online version.

http://www.straitstimes.com/forum/story/0,5562,391875,00.html?

May 10, 2006
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http://www.singaporedemocrat.org/articleanfrel.html

International observers call for reform of Singapore's election system
7 May 06


ANFREL Study Mission to Singapore during the 2006 General Elections:
Initial Findings and Recommendations

The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) organized a study mission to Singapore on the occasion of the 2006 ( Read more... )

London-based Singaporean Sheri Kristen Goh wrote in to the Straight Times today to voice her disappointment that overseas votes will only be counted on Wednesday, which is AFTER the election results have been announced!

http://www.straitstimes.com/forum/story/0,5562,391819,00.html?

May 9, 2006
What is the point of overseas voting?

DESPITE living ( Read more... )

In this article, veteran journalist Seah Chiang Nee (of LittleSpeck.com fame) talks about the Singapore media's lopsided coverage of the general elections. Much of his article is devoted to the central role that the internet has played in this elections, and how citizen journalism has risen to fill in the gap, although he didn't quite use the term.

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