Ang Hwee Min

I don’t think anyone has done it before - I tried my best to break down the entire AHTC case simply for readers. I was thrown in the deep end to cover this when I first started covering court for CNA in 2018.

@StoneDuck_frog If the birth rate continues to fall, I don’t think they’ll be providing less relief - the only way seems to be up

@HweeMinCNA Thanks for doing this survey. But the qns will be what’s next and if Govt will take more actions and providing more relief given the low fertility rate?

For this week’s In Focus on why Singaporeans aren’t having kids, I spent a while going over survey data and compiling it into cool charts like this one. Here are some key findings from the poll we conducted with YouGov:

@pukimarx what thing 🫢

“cool charts”

@JustinOngTODAY very true 🥲

@HweeMinCNA It’s sad that as the profile of the respondents get older, they feel more prepared to have kids due to various reasons, but then they are also older and that’s an overarching concern to have no/fewer kids.

Last thing - props to @JustinOngS for being the best sounding board throughout the whole process. And for adding the word ‘accoutrement’ to the story 😛

I got to make my own interactive charts (I had a lot of fun) for this first small foray into data journalism. Do let me know what you think of presenting findings in this mixed medium format, or if you have any other thoughts on the story!! cna.asia/42iQ5tL

@JustinOngTODAY @TAUFIQonline Oops

More than one person has told me today that the person in @TAUFIQonline’s budget article on BTO housing measures looks like me. I’m here to debunk this (see 2nd pic) but at the same time also point out that his name is also Justin Ong 😂

@fabianwriteonly not to my knowledge, but you probably know better than I do

Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh says he’s lifted the party whip for the Section 377A debate, we might see varied opinions from the opposition party MPs in Parliament today

Progress Singapore Party’s Hazel Poa says the definition of marriage should be decided in a national referendum, rather than by Parliament: “This will allow the many Singaporeans who have expressed concerns to have a say in the matter.”

“I, too, have close friends who have same sex attraction,” says Deputy Speaker of Parliament Chris de Souza

@MatthewMohanCNA @westcoastrepz enjoy your trip 😛

@HweeMinCNA @westcoastrepz Thank you @HweeMinCNA

Big day in Parliament today, live updates on the repeal of Section 377A here:

Early release of NTU exam paper due to human error, failure to password-protect online version: MOE cna.asia/3EHoI1u

Definition of marriage and related policies should not be determined by courts: Masagos cna.asia/3XAHsbD

Here’s everything else he said in his opening speech at the debate: channelnewsasia.com/singapore/read…

15 years after it was first discussed in Parliament, the House is debating Section 377A again today. “The time has come for us to remove Section 377A. It humiliates and hurts gay people,” says Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam