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  • Civil society in Thailand are appalled by the violence of government crackdown on the Red Shirt protesters and urges the Thai government to bear the responsibility of its actions. Thai government has announced its intention to launch another round of crackdown at Bangkok time 3pm today.

    Stop the killing, urges Thai civil society

    Posted on May 17, 2010 | No Comments
    Civil society in Thailand are appalled by the violence of government crackdown on the Red Shirt protesters and urges the Thai government to bear the responsibility of its actions. Thai government has announced its intention to launch another round of crackdown at Bangkok time 3pm today.

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  • While political tension continues to escalate between the Red Shirts and the Abhisit government in Bangkok, civil society actors from Cambodia and Thailand came together to make a stand for peace and solidarity to resolve the long-standing border disputes between both countries.

    The Cambodia-Thailand Road to Peace

    Posted on May 7, 2010 | No Comments
    While political tension continues to escalate between the Red Shirts and the Abhisit government in Bangkok, civil society actors from Cambodia and Thailand came together to make a stand for peace and solidarity to resolve the long-standing border disputes between both countries.

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  • What's wrong with foreign funding for political parties? This was the question in my mind that cried out for discussion when I read the Straits Times' story of 1 March 2010, about an interview the Chinese-language newspaper Zaobao did with Chee Soon Juan, the leader of the Singapore Democratic Party.

    Foreign funding a necessary antidote in authoritarian states

    Posted on March 5, 2010 | No Comments
    What's wrong with foreign funding for political parties? This was the question in my mind that cried out for discussion when I read the Straits Times' story of 1 March 2010, about an interview the Chinese-language newspaper Zaobao did with Chee Soon Juan, the leader of the Singapore Democratic Party.

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  • Government intervention at the ASEAN People's Forum is two-fold. <strong>Donaldson Tan</strong>

    Civil Society, QUANGOs and ASEAN

    Posted on October 25, 2009 | 12 Comments
    Government intervention at the ASEAN People's Forum is two-fold. Donaldson Tan

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  • The Government’s position on this issue is clear. It was stated by the PM in Parliament on October 2007, and it has not changed. In his speech, PM said that Singapore is basically a conservative society and the conventional family, a heterosexual stable family, is the norm and the building block of our society. However, we recognise that homosexuals are part of our society. They have a place in our society and are entitled to their private lives. This is the way the majority of Singaporeans want it to be – a stable society with traditional, heterosexual family values but with space for homosexuals to live their private lives and contribute to the society.

    Singapore government’s position on AWARE Saga

    Posted on May 15, 2009 | 1 Comment
    The Government’s position on this issue is clear. It was stated by the PM in Parliament on October 2007, and it has not changed. In his speech, PM said that Singapore is basically a conservative society and the conventional family, a heterosexual stable family, is the norm and the building block of our society. However, we recognise that homosexuals are part of our society. They have a place in our society and are entitled to their private lives. This is the way the majority of Singaporeans want it to be – a stable society with traditional, heterosexual family values but with space for homosexuals to live their private lives and contribute to the society.

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