The Ministry of Education of Singapore is going to revise its Sexuality Education Programme (SEP) which will emphasise sexual abstinence over contraception.
Kirsten Han
“Come, to the streets”: Message from across the Causeway
Tomorrow, Malaysians will take to the streets to walk for freedom. Continue reading...
53,724 calon duduki STPM bermula 21 November
Seramai 53,724 orang calon akan menduduki peperiksaan Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) di 744 pusat peperiksaan di seluruh negara mulai 21 Nov hingga 15 Dis ini.
Pasukan Gamutra mengadakan persembahan di Sarawak
Gamutra dari Pantai Timur akan mengadakan persembahan selama tiga malam berturut-turut sempena Festival Gong Sarawak dari 18 hingga 20 Nov ini.
Singaporeans awaken from political apathy
There is a noticeable increase in the number of people – especially from the younger generation – discussing local issues and politics, when they would not have bothered a year ago.
An open letter to Singapore presidential candidates
For the first time in 18 years, Singaporeans will be able to vote for their elected President. Many of us hope for an independent President who will be able to represent Singaporeans.
Comment: Episodes the Singaporean history textbooks forgot
It seems to us that we were arrested and detained for the legitimate exercise of our rights as citizens, through registered and open organisations.
Yong Vui Kong’s fifth letter: The honest law
Yong Vui Kong is a death row inmate in Singapore. He was arrested at age 19 with 47.27g of heroin, convicted of trafficking and sentenced under the Mandatory Death Penalty. His final appeal was...
NGOs form coalition against death penalty in Malaysia
The mandatory death penalty has been declared to be a “cruel and unusual punishment” in all Commonwealth countries except Malaysia and Singapore. The mandatory nature does not allow any room for...
“From whence we came”: A young Singaporean’s response
I have not forgotten “from when we came”. In fact, it is because I remember “from whence we came” that I voted the way I did.
One of their own – A community asks for a second chance
Cheong Chun Yin was arrested in Singapore three years ago and charged with trafficking in 2.7kg of heroin. To this day, Chun Yin maintains that he had believed himself to be carrying gold bars for...
Singapore elections: GRC – A Gross (mis)Representation of our Community.
GRC system was not about minority representation. It was about giving young and new candidates an easy ride into Parliament, so that more people would be willing to take that chance.
OPINION: If you had voted PAP in the election…
Some of you might have voted for the People's Action Party because of their track record. Some of you might have voted for PAP because you don’t really care about politics, and don’t see a need...
OPINION: I have never felt more Singaporean
I choose to vote out of love. Love for my people and for my country. Love for my family, my friends and my home. Because today, I feel more Singaporean than I have ever felt. And with this vote, I...
OPINION: Say no to the PAP’s fear-mongering
There was very little I, along with fellow Singaporeans, could do to protest this – because the PAP government has also passed legislation that restricts our freedom of assembly, association and...
Letter: To the Editor of The New Paper, Singapore
The New Paper’s front page is then highly misleading, and serves to skew readers’ perspectives on the issue. In fact, I feel that the front page is nothing more than an attempt to play up...
Singapore Elections: The information that matters
In the coming elections hold the possibility of Singaporeans seeing almost every constituency in the country contested by an opposition party. A total of 2,311,582 Singaporeans are eligible to vote...
Yong Vui Kong: A Malaysian on Singapore’s death row
Malaysia and Singapore are the only two countries in Southeast Asia to have the mandatory death penalty for certain crimes – among them, drug trafficking. Now, with two cases that affect both...