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Yahoo News SingaporeCOMMENT: The politics behind shift in PAP’s thinking over Section 377A
The PAP government is compelled to repeal Section 377A, partly due to the legacy that PM Lee wants to leave behind, argued media veteran PN Balji.
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COMMENT: Race ties in Singapore’s workplace – softly, softly approach won’t work
Implementing the workplace discrimination would lessen misperceptions about race among Singaporeans, media industry veteran PN Balji argued.
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COMMENT: Singapore politics one year after GE2020
Two images pop up every time I think about GE2020 – for very different reasons. One shows Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh talking to the camera on the last day of election campaigning and the other is that of Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat, fumbling his speech on Nomination Day.
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COMMENT: Singapore Press Holdings and the wasted media opportunity
Veteran journalist PN Balji argues that ensuring quality journalism will be an uphill task for the new SPH Media
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COMMENT: Pritam Singh’s good-cop-bad-cop approach will need a reset
Veteran journalist PN Balji argues that opposition leader Pritam Singh will need to rethink his approach in parliament.
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COMMENT: The TraceTogether affair is not just about privacy
Veteran journalist PN Balji asks why no one in government spotted the flaw in Vivian Balakrishnan's promise that TraceTogether data would only be used for contact tracing.
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COMMENT: Cabinet changes show Singapore’s political succession is faltering
Veteran journalist PN Balji argues that the PAP faces a systemic issue: a lack of good candidates, and a tendency to recruit those who think like them.
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COMMENT: Low’s departure has accelerated the Workers’ Party’s transition - but at what cost?
Veteran journalist PN Balji argues that pride played the biggest part in former Workers' Party chief Low Thia Khiang's decision to step down.
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COMMENT: Pandemic politics and Singapore's general election
In light of the pandemic and an imminent election, veteran journalist PN Balji argues that the 4G leadership must get things right on a sometimes overlooked front: diplomacy.
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COMMENT: Singapore’s treatment of foreign workers is a stain we can do without
SINGAPORE — The COVID-19 pandemic notwithstanding, veteran journalist PN Balji argues that Singapore's treatment of foreign workers has long needed reform.
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COMMENT: Singapore’s Big Bang Budget 2020 silent on that one big thing
While Budget 2020 was exceedingly generous to many, veteran journalist PN Balji argues that it does not address the most pressing issue of all: a long-term vision for the future economy
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COMMENT: GE 2020 is dress rehearsal for Tan Cheng Bock's party
SINGAPORE — The Progress Singapore Party should look to the general election to be held by 2025, not 2020, as its real test, veteran journalist PN Balji argues.
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COMMENT - Truths, half-truths, opinions: where does POFMA stand?
SINGAPORE — Veteran Singaporean journalist P N Balji argues that the government's use of a controversial anti-fake news law has gone into grey areas.
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COMMENT: How AHTC verdict will play out at the General Elections
SINGAPORE — Veteran journalist PN Balji argues that both the PAP and WP face a tricky path ahead of the elections, in the wake of the AHTC verdict.
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COMMENT: PM Lee aims to stamp his legacy
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is aiming to cement his legacy with his mega projects and steps to fight climate change, argued PN Balji. But certain measures announced at the National Day Rally also show that his government is behind the curve, the media veteran added.
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COMMENT: Singapore - The race fault lines in caricature country
In response to the recent furore over the brownface ad and Preetipls video, veteran journalist PN Baji maintains that the responsibility of maintaining racial order rests with the government.
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COMMENT: Tan Cheng Bock and the Lee Hsien Yang factor
Veteran journalist PN Balji reckons that it is a different, less restrained Tan Cheng Bock taking his last shot at active politics - and Lee Hsien Yang may well play a decisive role.
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COMMENT: Singapore’s fake news law may need a reboot some time in future
It was an information war to beat all other verbal contests in Singapore. In its intensity, clarity and agility, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam’s campaign to win over the sceptics of the Bill aimed at fighting fake news was unprecedented in recent Singapore history.
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COMMENT - Fake news bill: Time for lawyers, MPs to stand up and be counted
Veteran journalist PN Balji argues that there are many issues with the proposed anti-fake news bills, particularly the wide powers it gives ministers to declare something a falsehood.
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COMMENT: Budget 2019 is unimaginative and all-too familiar
Veteran journalist PN Balji argues that Budget 2019 bears little difference from previous Budgets, and fails to address the most important issue of all: flagging productivity.