Credit: World Scientific
Journey in Blue: A Peek into the Workers Party of Singaporeby former non-constituency member of parliament (NCMP) Yee Jenn Jong covers Jenn Jong s unexpected leap into opposition politics just weeks before the breakthrough 2011 General Election and his experience as an opposition party member through three contests in the general elections from 2011-2020. The book describes developments within the Workers Party as it sought to establish itself on the promise of moving towards a First World parliament. Journey in Blue is published by homegrown international publisher World Scientific.
Pritam Singh, Leader of the Opposition and Secretary-General of the Workers Party praised the book for being easily digestible and providing some insights into the workings of the WP. He further commented that [m]uch work goes on behind the scenes and readers will find this book useful for perspectives that the mainstream and online media sources have not authoritati
Singapore When a country is being criticised, the reactions from its citizens can be very different.
On Thursday (Dec 17), the New York Times (NYT) published an article with the headline “As Singapore Ventures Back Out, Migrant Workers Are Kept In”. It said that as Singaporeans looked forward to more restrictions being eased with Phase 3 of the country’s reopening on Dec 28, its migrant workers would remain, for the most part, confined to their dormitories.
The writer, Jennifer Jett, quoted Mr Alex Au, the vice-president of Transient Workers Count Too, as pointing out that since almost half of the migrant workers were already showing immunity to the virus, based on the Ministry of Health update on Dec 14, they could be said to be safer than the rest of the population and that tighter restrictions on their movement made no sense.