Press Releases

Latest 20 press releases.

Budget 2021- Not Enough Stimulus in FY2020, Premature Withdrawal of Aid in FY 2021 and Not Enough Help for Singaporeans

Published: 27 February 2021, 8:17pm FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Inadequate Stimulus in FY2020   In my last blog post, written just before the Budget presentation, he pointed out that the economy had suffered as a result of the Government’s... Read more

Response to ST Article on Formation of Singapore United Party

Published: 5 January 2021, 12:42am Yesterday the Straits Times published an article entitled “Former Reform Party chairman Andy Zhu and others form new political party, Singapore United Party” at the end of which they said, “ they... Read more

Is This a Plagiarism Act?

Published: 23 September 2020, 3:49pm Recently I came across two news article that prompted me to flip the dictionary for one word: plagiarism. The definition says: the process or practice of using another person’s ideas or work and pretending... Read more

Reform Party Successfully Demanded in Our GE2020 Election Manifesto That the Employment Pass Minimum Salary be Raised

Published: 26 August 2020, 6:45pm This afternoon Josephine Teo announced that the Government will be raising the minimum salary for Employment Pass and S Pass holders. This was a key demand in our Election Manifesto for GE 2020 where we... Read more

Heng’s Mini Budget Provides No New Funds. The Claimed $8 Billion Support Is Money ALREADY Allocated in Previous Budgets and the Measures Don’t Go Anywhere Far Enough to Help Singaporeans Through Covid or the Recession

Published: 18 August 2020, 9:01am FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today in a ministerial statement Finance Minister Heng announced what he termed a further $8 billion of support measures for the economy including the extension of the Jobs Support... Read more

Reform Party Announces New Appointments to CEC as Part of Ongoing GE2020 Review

Published: 5 August 2020, 9:42am New Appointments The Reform Party is pleased to announce the following new appointments as part of its process of preparing the next generation of leaders and renewing the ranks post GE2020. Party Chair,... Read more

Reform Party Demands That Ms Sim Ann Stop Using Our Campaign Slogan

Published: 4 July 2020, 11:29pm For Immediate Release On 2 July Secretary General Kenneth Jeyaretnam thanked Law Minister Shanmugam for reading his Facebook page. He said “I already know he reads my social media and in particular my... Read more

Build Back Better, Fairer-Our Covid Recovery Plan and Election Manifesto

Published: 26 June 2020, 11:46pm We are facing an unprecedented global economic and health crisis the likes of which have not been seen in our lifetimes. This is a particular threat to Singapore’s ability to continue to prosper as we... Read more

Letter to Straits Times dated 26 June 2020 demanding correction of fake news

Published: 26 June 2020, 9:19pm 26 June 2020         Warren Fernandez The Editor The Straits Times     Dear Sir   On 16 June 2020 an article appeared in both the print and online editions of your newspaper... Read more

General Election 2020

Published: 24 June 2020, 2:21am 23 June 2020   For Immediate Release   Reform Party is proud of its stable and dedicated team that has contested West Coast (GRC) in two previous elections in addition to Ang Mo Kio (GRC). We... Read more

Reform Party Calls on the Prime Minister to Follow the Example of Other Countries and Postpone the Election Until Next Year

Published: 28 March 2020, 8:58pm Today Lee Hsien Loong’s Elections Department, which is part of the Prime Ministers Office and thus directly under his control, released the recommendations of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee... Read more

Tommy Koh makes good points about Section 377A

Published: 11 September 2018, 6:14pm Professor Koh made several good points when he commented on Facebook on the Indian Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Section 377 which bans consensual sex between gay men but not women. In Singapore,... Read more

National Day Message 2018

Published: 9 August 2018, 4:31am My fellow Singaporeans,   There are not many of you who can have failed to notice the momentous results across the Causeway. After 61 years of one-party rule, Malaysians kicked out the incumbents... Read more

Reform Party in Support of Historic Proposal For Unity Cooperation Led By Dr Tan Cheng Bock

Published: 6 August 2018, 11:08pm Reform Party Chairman Andy Zhu and CEC Member Mahaboob Batscha attended a lunch today hosted by opposition colleagues SDP. Dr Tan Cheng Bok was the principal attendee. Also present at the lunch were Goh... Read more

The Only Way for Singapore to Maintain A Reliable News Source is for the Government to End State Control over the Media

Published: 3 February 2017, 8:00am 3 February 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Chee Hong Tat, Minister of State for Communications and Information, said today (Saturday January 28 2017) that it was critical for Singapore to continue to have... Read more

Concerning Falsehoods Against The Reform Party Made by Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs MP Amrin Amin and Published Publicly on His Facebook Page

Published: 20 January 2017, 3:36am FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE It has recently come to Reform Party’s attention via an article on blogsite Mothership.sg, by author Jonathan Lim that the above mentioned PAP MP has defamed the Reform Party. Mr... Read more

Safeguarding the Integrity of an Investigation Into the Management of Ang Mo Kio Town Council

Published: 31 December 2016, 6:43am Dec 30 2016:  For Immediate Release The Reform Party Singapore is concerned by news* that the General Manager of Ang Mo Kio (AMK) Town Council, Mr. Victor Wong, has been under investigation by the CPIB... Read more

Kenneth Jeyaretnam's Speech at ICAPP on Migration and Refugees Held in Istanbul on 5 November 2016

Published: 11 November 2016, 10:24pm Dear delegates I would like to thank ICAPP once again for extending this invitation to the Reform Party of Singapore and thank you to our Turkish hosts We meet this week in Istanbul in the midst of a humanitarian... Read more

Our SG Kenneth Jeyaretnam's Speech at the ICAPP in Kuala Lumpur on 3 September 2016

Published: 5 September 2016, 4:30pm #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1... Read more

Secretary General Kenneth Jeyaretnam and the Reform Party Wish Minister Heng Swee Keat a Speedy Recovery.

Published: 12 May 2016, 8:18pm We were concerned to read that Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat collapsed during a Cabinet Meeting today. According to the Prime Minister’s Office he suffered a stroke. Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam, our Secretary... Read more