Illusio
05 November 2018

Should permanent residents and dual citizens serve national service in Singapore?

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Minister of Defence Ng Eg Hen previously made nice comforting noises (otherwise known as motherhood statements) in parliament about how safe...
25 September 2018

Will Dr Thum Ping Tjin ever wish Singaporeans a Happy National Day?

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Almost a month ago, Singapore celebrity historian Dr Thum Ping Tjin met Dr Mahathir with his fellow New Narratif founders Kirsten Han and So...
12 September 2018

Is Dr Thum Ping Tjin a traitor to Singapore?

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Almost two weeks ago, Singapore historian Dr Thum Ping Tjin, together with Sonny Liew, Kirsten Han, and Jolovan Wham, met with Malaysian pri...
31 August 2018

Is there a public housing crisis in Singapore? NDRS 2018 edition

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After watching prime minister Lee Hsien Loong's 2018 National Day Rally speech , many Singaporean homeowners asked the question: Is i...
18 July 2018

Is Singapore's welfare system failing its poor?

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Yes, democracy classrooms are still taking place despite the New Narratif ban Kirsten Han is organising "democracy classrooms" i...
22 May 2018

What was the political compact between UMNO, PAP, and the people?

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A democratic and liberal housecleaning is possible in Malaya Having won an unprecedented election, Tun Dr Mahathir's new administra...
15 May 2018

With Mahathir winning, will the PAP fall?

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Mahathir IV/VII, Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Dr Mahathir's resounding defeat of Barisan Nasional, which has been in power since t...
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02 April 2018

Will the real Dr Thum please stand up?

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As events have proven, Dr Thum Ping Tjin made an unreasonable, ill-considered, and indefensible claim in his submission to the fake news Sel...
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26 March 2018

Has Singapore ever been affected by fake news?

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The concept of fake news can be challenged by applying various strands of communications theory from both journalistic practice and academia...
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24 March 2018

5 basic principles you can learn at a select committee hearing

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On 22 March 2018, select committee for deliberate online falsehoods member Minister Shanmugam subjected Facebook representative Simon Milner...
20 March 2018

Are Singapore's fake news public hearings a waste of time?

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Singapore's Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods have begun hearing testimonies from the public. It is tempting to dismiss...
26 February 2018

What is a reasonable response to the fake news problem?

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The window for public submissions to the Parliamentary Select Committee on fake news shutters on 28 February 2018 in Singapore. We at Illusi...
25 January 2018

Are Fake News laws inevitable in Singapore?

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Civil society activists in Singapore will no doubt claim that legislation against fake news is inevitable and imminent, that it is part of t...
19 January 2018

Everything you know about Fake News is wrong

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Aside from Singapore , other far more democratic countries are considering or have already passed laws against fake news. When the inevitabl...
10 January 2018

Keppel and Lava Jato corruption: Is there a cover-up in Singapore?

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News of Keppel Offshore & Marine's (Keppel O&M) decade-long bribery in Brazil has filtered slowly into Singapore. The initial an...
08 January 2018

Is Singapore's leadership succession planning a myth?

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The People's Action Party (PAP) has been Singapore's sole ruling party for more than half a century. The PAP ruled Singapore since s...
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03 January 2018

Is corruption part of Singapore's foreign policy?

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Singapore tolerates no corruption internally, especially within the ranks of its public service. Officials who are accused face thorough inv...
31 December 2017

Why funny things happen in the National Archives

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Pay attention to state press releases during the holidays and long weekends. It is an ideal period to release embarrassing or inconvenient n...
13 December 2017

What should Singapore do about Operation Spectrum?

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We at Illusio disagree with Jolovan Wham's train protest, on the grounds that even activists and protesters in the liberal West know bet...
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29 November 2017

Should Jolovan Wham have held a protest in a train?

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On 3 June 2017, Kirsten Han announced that her fellow activist Jolovan Wham had organised a protest in a Singapore Mass Rapid Transit train....
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