Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts

Thursday, January 26, 2017

PETIR: Ong Ye Kung

Publication: PETIR (Magazine for the People's Action Party of Singapore)
Date: December 2016
Title: Sincerely Speaking

Description: An interview with Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) and Second Minister for Defence.

Extract: He spends time enjoying light suppers with his team after MPS (Meet-The-People sessions), and in mid-November sat through a soccer match with them after a BBQ. The blemish to an otherwise very enjoyable gathering was that the Manchester United fan saw his team draw with its arch rival, Arsenal.



Saturday, December 31, 2016

PETIR: Ng Chee Meng

Publication: PETIR (Magazine for the People's Action Party of Singapore)
Date: December 2016
Title: Joyful Mission

Description: An interview with Ng Chee Meng, Minister for Education (Schools) and Second Minister for Transport. He was formerly the Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces.

Extract: Said Mr Ng, the fourth child sandwiched between two President's Scholars in a family of five sons: "I was not really the studious type. If my mother were still alive, she would tell you I never studied for my PSLE, probably played too much, even though I did well enough."


Thursday, February 23, 2012

PETIR: Mountbatten Activists Find New Fervour

Publication: PETIR (Magazine for the People's Action Party of Singapore)
Date: Sept/Oct 2011
Title: Mountbatten Activists Find New Fervour

Description:An on-the-ground look at how the Singapore General Election has fired up activists in the Mountbatten constituency of Singapore.

Extract: The greater sense of political purpose now has translated into better service for residents.