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People's Action Party

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Type: Organization

Name: People's Action Party

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 2 reports

In Southeast Asia, the web gets tangled amid dissent

Southeast Asian governments are reaching for new legal tools and raw state powers as the Internet increasingly enables younger citizens to criticize their long-serving political leaders.Not all these countries are as effective as China and its famed “Great ... [Published Manila Bulletin - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Activism

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 2 reports

Singapore Land Authority

New app gives residents another feedback channel

1 hour 53 min agoSINGAPORE — Public housing residents living in estates managed by 12 People’s Action Party (PAP) town councils (TCs) have an additional communication channel for providing feedback on maintenance-related issues, after a new smartphone ... [Published Today Online - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Singapore Land Authority, Nanyang Polytechnic, People's Action Party, Location-Enabled

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Media Development Authority

First bricks of Great Firewall of TAIWAN are being laid, netizens fear

Online freedoms in Asia are once again being squeezed after the Taiwanese and Singaporean governments signalled their desire for greater internet censorship.The Republic of China, which claims ownership of Taiwan, has proposed SOPA-like amendments to ... [Published The Register - May 29 2013]

Entities: Taiwan, Singapore, People's Action Party, Media Development Authority

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Yahoo! Inc

Singapore to regulate Yahoo!, other online news sites

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Websites that regularly report on Singapore including Yahoo! News will have to get a license from June 1, putting them on par with newspapers and television new outlets, in a move seen by some as a bid to rein in free-wheeling Internet ... [Published Borneo Bulletin - May 29 2013]

Entities: Singapore, Yahoo! Inc, People's Action Party, Media Development Authority

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

WP needs to remain realistic, grounded: Low

Party chief also spoke out against ‘elitist’ model of governance during interview with Hebei-based think-tank-2 min 47 sec agoSINGAPORE — Acknowledging the rising stock of his party, Workers’ Party (WP) chief Low Thia Khiang sought to play down the growing ... [Published Today Online - May 24 2013]

Entities: Singapore, Low Thia Khiang, People's Action Party

First reported Mar 19 2013 - Updated Mar 19 2013 - 1 reports

Stiglitz on the Singapore Miracle

Joseph Stiglitz writes an economic valentine to Singapore that is full of interesting facts and conclusions. In a nutshell: for the past few decades, Singapore has pursued a strong economy that is also concerned with equality from top to bottom. ... [Published Freakonomics - Mar 19 2013]

Entities: Singapore, Joseph Stiglitz, People's Action Party, Retirement Benefits

First reported Feb 01 2013 - Updated Feb 01 2013 - 1 reports

People's Action Party

Managing voice, exit and loyalty in Singapore — Daniel Chua

FEB 1 — Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) government has lost two by-elections in eight months — one in Hougang on May 26, 2012, and most recently in Punggol East on January 26, 2013 to the Workers’ Party (WP). Some commentators describe ... [Published The Malaysian Insider - Feb 01 2013]

Entities: Singapore, People's Action Party

First reported Jan 31 2013 - Updated Jan 31 2013 - 1 reports

Banyan: The limits to dialogue

WHEN the People’s Action Party (PAP), which has ruled Singapore ever since self-government in 1959, recorded its worst ever general election result in May 2011, it still won 60% of the votes and 81 out of 87 contested parliamentary seats. But far from ... [Published The Economist - Asia - Jan 31 2013]

Entities: Banyan, Singapore, General Election, People's Action Party

First reported Jan 31 2013 - Updated Jan 31 2013 - 1 reports

Singapore voters continue shift away from ruling party ― James Gomez

JAN 31 ― Electoral results from Singapore’s most recent-by elections continue the electorates’ shift away from the republic’s long-ruling People’s Action Party, but the island’s opposition parties still remain disparate. On Saturday January 26, the Workers’ ... [Published The Malaysian Insider - Jan 31 2013]

Entities: James Gomez, Singapore, People's Action Party

First reported Jan 29 2013 - Updated Jan 29 2013 - 1 reports

Living with voters’ existential angst — Eugene KB Tan

JAN 29 — Was the Punggol East by-election result a rough but reliable reflection of Singaporeans’ assessment of how the People’s Action Party (PAP) and the Workers’ Party (WP) have performed since the 2011 general election (GE)? Perhaps. But we should ... [Published The Malaysian Insider - Jan 29 2013]

Entities: Eugenics, People's Action Party, General Election

First reported Jan 26 2013 - Updated Jan 27 2013 - 1 reports

Winds of change blow in Singapore as WP wins Punggol

SINGAPORE, Jan 27 ― The winds of change continue to blow through Singapore as the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) was trounced in the Punggol East by-election yesterday, with the Worker’s Party (WP) winning by more than 10 per cent in a four-cornered ... [Published The Malaysian Insider - Jan 26 2013]

Entities: Singapore, People's Action Party, Workers

First reported Jan 26 2013 - Updated Jan 26 2013 - 1 reports

Voters begin to cast votes in Punggol East

SINGAPORE, Jan 26 – Voters began casting their votes today for the Punggol East by-election, held to elect their future Member of Parliament. Polling stations would remain open from 8am to 8pm. Today’s by-election sees a four-cornered fight between the ... [Published The Malaysian Insider - Jan 26 2013]

Entities: People's Action Party, Singapore

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Singapore Plans to Curtail Free Speech, New Regulations on Internet [Published Value Walk - Jun 11 2013]

..."I was a victim of Asian-bashing," Ma tells BRW during an interview which begins at his latest business venue, IndoChine SuperTree. "I always felt in Australia we were still second-class citizens."

IndoChine founder Michael Ma makes it from Cabramatta to Singapore’s man about town [Published BRW - May 21 2013]

...71 percent) against PAP "s 59,732 votes (45.29 percent). This is the first time the opposition has won a GRC, The Star reports."

PAP retains power in Singapore by winning 81 parliamentary seats [Published Topnews.in - May 08 2011]

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In Southeast Asia, the web gets tangled amid di... [Published Manila Bulletin - Jun 14 2013]
US SEC warns Vs email stock schemes [Published Manila Bulletin - Jun 14 2013]
Singapore Plans to Curtail Free Speech, New Reg... [Published Value Walk - Jun 11 2013]
New app gives residents another feedback channel [Published Today Online - Jun 10 2013]
WP urges dialogue to settle ‘outstanding issues’ [Published Today Online - Jun 10 2013]
Feedback to your Town Council? There’s an app f... [Published Today Online - Jun 10 2013]
Wage recommendations have to gain traction: Lab... [Published Today Online - Jun 02 2013]
First bricks of Great Firewall of TAIWAN are be... [Published The Register - May 29 2013]
Singapore to regulate Yahoo!, other online news... [Published Borneo Bulletin - May 29 2013]
Labour MPs — Time for PAP to relook strategy? [Published Today Online - May 26 2013]
WP needs to remain realistic, grounded: Low [Published Today Online - May 24 2013]
IndoChine founder Michael Ma makes it from Cabr... [Published BRW - May 21 2013]
Stiglitz on the Singapore Miracle [Published Freakonomics - Mar 19 2013]
Freezing Foreign Worker Intake Does Not Bode We... [Published PRWeb - Feb 14 2013]
Managing voice, exit and loyalty in Singapore —... [Published The Malaysian Insider - Feb 01 2013]
Banyan: The limits to dialogue [Published The Economist - Asia - Jan 31 2013]
Singapore voters continue shift away from rulin... [Published The Malaysian Insider - Jan 31 2013]
Living with voters’ existential angst — Eugene ... [Published The Malaysian Insider - Jan 29 2013]
Why the PAP lost so badly in the Punggol East b... [Published The Malaysian Insider - Jan 28 2013]
Singapore’s PAP suffers second key by-election ... [Published Taipei Times Online - Jan 27 2013]
Winds of change blow in Singapore as WP wins Pu... [Published The Malaysian Insider - Jan 26 2013]
Voters begin to cast votes in Punggol East [Published The Malaysian Insider - Jan 26 2013]
Singapore parliamentary speaker quits after affair [Published Taipei Times Online - Dec 12 2012]
World News Quick Take [Published Taipei Times Online - Oct 09 2012]
PAP retains power in Singapore by winning 81 pa... [Published Topnews.in - May 08 2011]

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Stiglitz on the Singapore Miracle [Published Freakonomics - Mar 19 2013] Joseph Stiglitz writes an economic valentine to Singapore that is full of interesting facts and conclusions. In a nutshell: for the past few decades, Singapore has pursued a strong economy that is also concerned with equality from top to bottom. ...