Ang Hwee Min

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SINGAPORE: The Singapore People's Party (SPP) unveiled its 16-page manifesto on Saturday (Apr 19), calling for a minimum wage policy, lowering the eligibility age for singles who can buy public housing to 30 and other reforms.

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SINGAPORE: Progress Singapore Party (PSP) will field Mr Tony Tan in Kebun Baru SMC for the upcoming General Election, marking his first foray into electoral politics. The announcement was made by the party on Thursday (Apr 17) to journalists at Bishan North Shopping Centre. Singaporeans will go to the polls on May 3 for the country’s 14th General Election. Mr Tan, 55, was seen with his wife, PSP vice-chairperson Hazel Poa, during the party’s outreach activities in Kebun Baru on Apr 12.

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SINGAPORE: Progress Singapore Party’s (PSP) Jeffrey Khoo will be its candidate standing in Marymount SMC at the upcoming General Election. Party founder and chairman Tan Cheng Bock made the announcement on Thursday (Apr 17), speaking to journalists at Bishan North Shopping Centre. Singaporeans will go to the polls on May 3 for the country’s 14th General Election.

1 week ago | channelnewsasia.com | Ang Hwee Min

SINGAPORE: May 5, the Monday after Polling Day, will be a school holiday, announced the Ministry of Education (MOE). Since Polling Day is a public holiday and falls on May 3, which is a Saturday, the following Monday will be a designated day off-in-lieu, MOE said in a statement on Wednesday (Apr 16). This will also apply to all staff in MOE kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, as well as junior colleges and Millennia Institute, the statement read. Classes will resume on Tuesday, May 6.

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SINGAPORE: Amid deeply worrying global developments and despite the country's limitations as a small state, Singapore is "not without agency", said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Wednesday (Apr 16). Singapore’s prosperity has depended on a “stable rules-based global order”. As the old order frays, a new one will eventually emerge, he said, during this year’s edition of the S Rajaratnam Lecture, addressing political officeholders, diplomats and senior government officials.