Archives of Parliamentary Excerpts, Press Releases, and Speeches
4 October 2008
JBJ in Memorial
21 January 2008
Speech in Parliament by Chiam See Tong on HDB upgrading
22 October 2007
Amendment of the Panel Code
5 October 2007
Press release on Myanmar's Military Junta
22 May 2007
Parliamentary Debates
9 April 2007
Speech in Parliament by Chiam See Tong on Ministers' salary hikes
4 February 2007
Speech during MP's dialogue session by Lim Bak Chuan on GST increase
03 December 09
The "cooling off"period is an attempt by the PAP to stave off the pressure put on it by the opposition.The opposition seige is for PAP GRCs and PAP SMCs to fall.
There is no need for a change.
It is one step backwards for democracy when Singapore is striving to be a first world Democratic country. If Singapore is to follow Australia,Italy,etc in having a"cooling off" period then, we should know the polling date 6 months to1 year beforehand.
The Opposition will meet any challenges that it confronts from the PAP.
Chiam See Tong-Secretary General of Singapore People's Party & Chairman of Singapore Democratic Alliance