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Former SDP chairman Ling How Doong, who was Bukit Gombak MP, dies at age 85
Mr Ling How Doong served as MP for Bukit Gombak SMC from 1991 to 1997 after beating PAP candidate Seet Ai Mee in a shock election victory.PHOTO: ST FILE
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Photo Image from The Straits Times/ANN SINGAPORE, April 17 (dpa): Singapore s Health Ministry has invoked a fake news law to force an opposition party to publish corrections to Facebook posts implying coronavirus vaccinations can lead to stroke or death.
The ministry said earlier this week that it instructed the government office responsible for implementing the 2019 Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act to issue correction directions to the Singapore People s Party (SPP) and leader Goh Meng Seng.
The order covered Goh s and the SPP s posts implying that Covid-19 vaccination had caused or substantially contributed to a case of stroke and the separate death of an 81-year-old.
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The Party, State and people-to-people diplomacy contributed to fulfilling goals during the tenure of the 12th National Party Congress, said head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan.
Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan
In an interview recently granted to the Vietnam News Agency, Quan said Vietnam was a symbol of the world in the past struggle for national independence and reunification, and also set example during national renewal and development. Therefore, international friends are eyeing the 13th National Party Congress. Many political parties, international organisations and heads of states sent messages and letters of congratulations to the Vietnamese leaders on this occasion.