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A reader points out the hypocrisy of Vivian Balakrishnan's statement that "it is the height of national shame for the armed forces of any country to turn its arms against its own people."

Min Shan tried to assure Singaporeans that sexual orientation do not influence policies. But why is 377A still around?

Journalist Kirsten Han asks Singaporeans to show solidarity with the Myanmar people "by raising this issue in Singapore too, and by lobbying our elected officials on this."

If the minister truly regrets his mistake, he should come clean, apologise and bow to Singaporeans before resigning. Only by doing so can Vivian Balakrishnan prove to citizens that he is taking "full responsibility" for the TraceTogether mess.

Having felt betrayed by the PAP, netizens are talking about deleting the TraceTogether App or abandoning their tokens.

The state media recently interviewed a lawyer who said people caught tampering with their devices are liable for jail under Singapore's wide array of laws.

It looks like the writer got a memo from the Government to give the poor Minister some credit. It's like they need that extra support so badly. And thats why SIngapore's mainstream media tanks on independence and true journalism

As I viewed the CNA debate last night, I really find it so hard to respect VB for the way he deliberately singled out CSJ as someone who patternly promulgates falsehood. That is such a mean blow below the belt.

The 158th media received complains from political candidates about last minute invitations to participate in political debates. Specifically, Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) candidate Bryan Lim Boon Heng criticised Mediacorp for sending an "eleventh hour" invitation. The Workers' Party (WP) may have also been given the same short lead time to make preparations for this Chinese debate. But instead of playing along to Mediacorp's games, WP decided not to attend this Chinese debate altogether. Perhaps WP was right to do a no-show as the Chinese debate turned out to be a farce. Fortunately for the opposition parties, their eloquence outshone the PAP during the English debate.

Government Technology Agency (GovTech) announced it had awarded a $6 million tender to a Singapore-based electronics maker PCI Pte Ltd to manufacture TraceTogether Tokens. The $6 million dollars will be used to supply an initial 300,000 dongles, worth about $20 each. The first batch of Token should be delivered in the second half of June 2020. If the PAP successfully pushes through with its plan to tag every Singaporean, PCI Limited stands to gain access to a business potentially worth more than $110 million once Tokens are made for all 5.7 million residents.