The only place in the city-state where citizens can speak their minds in public without a permit or fear of arrest, Speakers' Corner, Singapore's version of London's Hyde Park, will be off limits during the campaign period for coming general elections without official permission.It might seem odd to citizens of democracies, where election activities occasion more, not less, free speech, but Singapore takes few chances even though the results of polls are hardly an issue. The ruling People’s Action Party has won every general election since 1963 and secured 82 of 84 seats in parliament in the 2006 general election. Full story
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