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		<title>Mr Low Thia Khiang&#8217;s response to Forum letter on Lianhe Zaobao. 刘程强答覆早报读者来信</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2012年2月18日星期六 致：联合早报交流版主编 感谢何家良君今天在联合早报交流站所发表《我对饶欣龙事件的解读》，关心工人党，认为工人党的决定是仓促和草率的。 首先，工人党在传媒报道有关谣言到决定开除饶欣龙，接近一个月的时间。饶欣龙始终不出来表态，也拒绝向中央执委解释。工人党在别无选择之下，依据工人党党章第22(a)条开除他，何来仓促草率？ 第二，虽然我和饶欣龙共事多年，但对于报章对他的指控，我和党选举委员会成员之前都毫不知情。如我在记者招待会上所说，“工人党有一套遴选候选人的制度，我跟饶欣龙的关系基本上是在党工作上的关系”。(二月十六日，早报第四页) 我虽然对饶欣龙的背景有所认识，也见过他的家人和出席他两段婚姻的典礼，但我无法也无权力调查个人的隐私和私生活。我是国会议员，不是私家侦探！何家良君说我应该对饶欣龙事件负责，请问我应该怎么负责？ 第三，我同意国会选举是严肃的事，且又是“耗费大量财力、人力和物力的事”。如果这次工人党为了饶欣龙不负责任、丧失公信力而开除他，因此造成补选，是“滥用此民主制度的行径”；在1992年，当时的吴作栋总理自动辞职，造成马林百列集选区补选。请问何家良君对身为一国总理在1991年大选中选後辞去国会议席来举行补选又有何解读呢？ 刘程强 工人党秘书长，阿裕尼集选区国会议员 备注： 依据新明日报2012年2月20日的报导透露，作者何家良就是前高级政务次长。 Translated Text of the letter to Lianhe Zaobao dated 18 Feb 2012 To: The Editor of the Lianhe Zaobao Forum Page I thank Mr He Jialiang for his Zaobao forum letter (“My interpretation of the matters regarding Yaw Shin Leong”, 18 Feb 2012), showing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expulsion of Yaw Shin Leong from Party Membership</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Workers’ Party has expelled Yaw Shin Leong from the party with immediate effect. WP believes strongly in transparency and accountability, and expects no less from our party members, especially our Members of Parliament. Shin Leong has been accused of several indiscretions in his private life. By continuing not to account to the Party and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wp.sg/2012/02/expulsion-of-yaw-shin-leong-from-party-membership/</link>
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		<title>MP Sylvia Lim&#8217;s speech on Evidence Amendment Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As mentioned by the Minister in his speech, part of the rationale for the Bill is to harmonise the provisions relating to hearsay evidence for civil and criminal cases. I am concerned that the harmonisation between civil and criminal cases should not be taken too far. I agree that the hearsay rules in civil cases [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wp.sg/2012/02/evidence-amendment-bill-sylvia/</link>
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		<title>MP Pritam Singh&#8217;s speech on Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you Mr Speaker. Firstly I would like to thank the Ministry for re-considering the original amendments in light of public feedback and the legal fraternity’s reservations to some of the proposed changes to the Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill. It is noteworthy that the Ministry has decided to delete the proposed amendment to s 35 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wp.sg/2012/02/legal-profession-amendment-bill-pritam/</link>
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		<title>Changes In Workers&#8217; Party Leadership</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Workers’ Party wishes to inform the public that at the monthly meeting of the Executive Council on Tuesday, 7 February 2012, the Council accepted the resignation of Yaw Shin Leong from the party leadership. Yaw Shin Leong will cease to be Treasurer of the Party with immediate effect. The Council has also decided to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wp.sg/2012/02/changes-in-workers-party-leadership/</link>
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		<title>WP wishes all a Happy and Prosperous Lunar New Year</title>
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		<link>http://wp.sg/2012/01/happy-lny-2012/</link>
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		<title>MP Sylvia Lim&#8217;s speech on Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While the Bill amends many Acts, I will focus on 2 sets of amendments – those concerning Criminal Procedure Code and the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act. Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) Clause 21 (a) to (c) of the Bill amends the CPC with respect to bail. Clause 21 (b) of the Bill amends [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wp.sg/2012/01/statutes-miscellaneous-amendments-bill-sylvia/</link>
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		<title>MP Pritam Singh&#8217;s speech on Ministerial Salary Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr Speaker Sir, For a country with a voting population of only 2.1m citizens, Ministerial salaries in Singapore are by far, the highest in the world. It should therefore come as no surprise to anyone in this chamber that the debate surrounding ministerial salaries are also the most emotive anywhere in the world as well. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wp.sg/2012/01/ministerial-salary-review-pritam/</link>
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		<title>MP Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap&#8217;s speech on Ministerial Salary Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Speaker Sir, I wish to express my concern that this government is still pushing the notion that Singapore needs to pay the highest political salaries in the developed world to ensure an honest government and attract talented individual to serve the people. Are we sending the right message to the next generation that our top [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wp.sg/2012/01/ministerial-salary-review-faisal/</link>
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		<title>NCMP Yee Jenn Jong&#8217;s speech on Ministerial Salary Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr Speaker Sir, my party colleagues have touched on many aspects of the proposal. I wish to highlight the part that I have the biggest concern with. It is the way a minister&#8217;s pay is pegged to the top 1,000 Singaporean earners. The salary review committee was given the terms of reference by the Prime [...]]]></description>
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