The Progress Singapore Party (PSP) will be organising a fundraiser on 1 October 6.30pm. The fundraiser will be in the form of a forum where PSP will focus on the recent General Elections: "The Past and Future of Singaporean Democracy - Reflections of GE 2020." This forum will be see Dr Tan Cheng Bock and PSP leaders sharing their thoughts on GE2020. PSP has also teamed up with Oxford academic, historian Dr Thum Ping Tjin (PJ Thum) to speak at this forum.

In a blow to local sporting arena, the state media reported that Singapore Athletics (SA) had banned Poh Seng Song from holding any office position within the jurisdiction of SA and/or its affiliates for two terms. Poh Seng Song was slapped with this ban after a Board of Inquiry (BOI) convened by SA allegedly concluded that he was “very likely” the person who had leaked a WhatsApp message the current Honorary Secretary, Eric Song, had made about national pole vaulter Rachel Yang and her coach/husband David Yeo.

As I listened to the President’s address to Parliament at its opening on Monday, I can’t help but was drawn to the part where she mentioned that Singaporeans “desire for more diverse voices to be heard, and stronger checks and balances”. Until and when both the President and Speaker of Parliament are prepared to walk their motherhood talks and Opposition MPs are able to muster enough courage to thump through contentious issues without fear or favour, the next 4-5 years will be a replica of post-2011 where the PAP will rebuild its lost momentum.

The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) held its second Meet and Mingle session with a new batch of volunteers on 26 August. This session saw a bigger turnout than their first round of Meet and Mingle. The SDP Treasurer says the PAP should be worried.

Peoples Voice will be commencing the #AbolishCECA campaign and is seeking volunteers. It will consist of a petition and a series of events across Singapore.