Under a new initiative titled “Common Space for the Common Good”, youth leaders were encouraged to put common spaces to better use.
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Common spaces can be fully utilised for their purpose: MCCY Minister Grace Fu
SG50: Items representing Singapore's identity, journey to be placed in time capsule
The items which were chosen following a two-month public voting exercise, include national symbols and memorabilia such as the POSB passbook.
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Few public signs of trouble before alleged affair prompted David Ong to resign as MP
SINGAPORE – An extramarital affair with a fellow People’s Action Party (PAP) member was behind Mr David Ong’s move to resign as the Bukit Batok MP, multiple media reports said.
Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao broke the news first on Saturday night (March 12). In…
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GE2015 ballot papers, documents burnt at Tuas South Incineration Plant
To promote transparency, the process was open to viewing by candidates. They included those from the People’s Action Party and Workers’ Party.
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MP David Ong resigned over affair with grassroots activist
Bukit Batok MP David Ong resigned suddenly on March 12 afternoon citing “a personal indiscretion” as the reason.
It is now believed that the indiscretion was an extramarital affair with a married grassroots activist.
Bukit Batok residents taken aback by David Ong’s resignation
SINGAPORE – The abrupt resignation of Member of Parliament (MP) David Ong on Saturday afternoon (Mar 12) took Bukit Batok residents by surprise, with most paying tribute to the work he has done for the town.
Making his foray into politics in 2011, Mr Ong…
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PAP MP David Ong resigns over affair with Bukit Batok grassroots activist
March 12, 2016 10:42 PM
SINGAPORE – People’s Action Party (PAP) Bukit Batok MP David Ong, who resigned suddenly on Saturday (March 12), is believed to have had an extramarital affair with a woman who is a grassroots activist in his ward.
May is earliest date for Bukit Batok by-election: Experts
SINGAPORE – The earliest that the by-election for Bukit Batok SMC will be held is after the Government’s Budget is passed, said political analysts who said how the contest will play out will be influenced greatly by whether it is a multi-cornered fight and…
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David Ong resignation due to affair with fellow party member: Zaobao
SINGAPORE – An extramarital affair with a fellow People’s Action Party member was behind Mr David Ong’s move to resign as the Bukit Batok MP, Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao reported.
In an online report on Saturday night citing unnamed sources, the Chinese…
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In tennis, no tears are shed for Maria Sharapova
When Maria Sharapova admitted earlier this week that she had failed a drug test at the Australian Open, she hoped her explanation-that she didn’t know a drug she had used for a decade was recently banned-would garner a lenient sentence and support from the tennis community.
As more details have emerged, though, it’s clear that the 28-year-old Sharapova is facing the most difficult challenge of her career, against both anti-doping authorities and the so-far unsympathetic opinions of her colleagues on the tennis tour.
Sharapova said she had taken Mildronate, the brand name of a Latvian-made cardiac drug called meldonium, since 2006. She said her family doctor recommended it because of recurring illnesses, low magnesium, irregular electrocardiogram results and a family history of diabetes.
“I made a huge mistake,” Sharapova said in a press conference in Los Angeles on Monday. “I have to take full responsibility for it because it’s my body.” Related Video Nike, Porsche and TAG Heuer became the latest sponsors to distance themselves from Maria Sharapova, a day after the tennis star said she failed a drug test at this year’s Australian Open. Photo: Reuters
Meldonium was on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s watch list last year and banned as of Jan. 1 of this year after studies suggested it could enhance performance. The ban was first announced last September. In a Facebook letter posted Friday to her fans, Sharapova said that the Dec. 18 notification she received about changes to the doping code was buried inside an email. “I think most people would call it too hard to find,” she said. She tested positive for meldonium after losing in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and was notified by the International Tennis Federation.
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