Government forced to amend law around app after it emerges police used the data to investigate a number of crimes.
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Thousands have been confined to cramped dormitories in a move experts fear could worsen outbreak among workers.
Blogger critical of a lack of government transparency faces defamation lawsuit from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
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Is the government silencing the opposition by introducing the new licensing regime to control internet freedom?
The government’s attempt to raise Singapore’s birth rate may be leaning too far into social engineering, writes author.
