The Online Citizen

Our aim is to examine the issues that matter, or should matter, to Singaporeans and to reflect the diversity of life, of ideas and opinions, that is Singapore. We believe that Singapore's future is best served by having an informed and involved citizenry that has access to a wide range of sources of news and views and an open and vibrant environmen... t in which to share and to debate ideas and opinions. The Online Citizen was set up to help create such an environment, and that is what we continue to work towards. TOC was founded in 2006, some six months after the general election that was held in May. At that time, Singaporeans had few independent media platforms to turn to for socio-political news and views. TOC was set up to provide readers with alternative perspectives and to cover stories ignored or under-reported by traditional media. TOC is editorially independent.Read More