What: The Workers' Party town council was in court for Day 2 of the trial, with the National Environment Agency (NEA) lawyers as the public prosecutor.

Who: The chairwoman of Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) Sylvia Lim. The lawyer representing WP is Peter Low.

Why: The prosecutor's case is that the AHPETC was not given a permit to run a Chinese New Year fair from Jan. 9 to 30 this year.

When: The trial will continue over the rest of this week and last until next Tuesday.

How: If found guilty, the AHPETC can be fined up to $1,000.

Read Day 1 of the trial here.

Developing story:

It was Day 2 of the trial on Oct. 15, 2014.

AHPETC chairwoman Sylvia Lim gave three reasons why the "Trade Fair" application was not suitable for the town council's Lunar New Year Fair.

1. Definition of Trade Fair: She understood "trade fair" to mean "pasar malam" (night market), which were typically managed by the Citizens' Consultative Committee (CCC), whereas the Lunar New Year Fair was to be held at a common area managed by the town council.

2. Town councils not included: Lim said the town councils were not included in the list of organisations in the application form allowed to hold trade fairs.

3. CCC's letter of support not needed: She wondered why the application form needed a letter of support from the CCC as events held at common areas come under the town council's charge.

Lim said that the town council still filled up the form at NEA's request even though while she found the application form unsuitable.

Lim also revealed that the town council emailed NEA in December last year whether a permit was needed because there was confusion over NEA's policies on the licensing of fairs.

Top photo from here.

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