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Is public assault civil or criminal?
Police in Singapore are ready to arrest peaceful protesters – but not someone who beat up a member of the public.Accusing him of staring, they assaulted him in the face and abdomen, inflicting multiple...
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Hospital Job Applicant Got Turned Down Due to Hijab
Today, I sent an email to the CEO of CGH enquiring on the discriminatory hiring practices employed by them. Hope to get a satisfactory reply.——————————————————————Dear Ms Lilian ChewRE: DISCRIMINATORY...
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Can Singapore retain its unique selling points?
What are the unique Singapore selling points that made it so successful and attractive as a city state? This is Hsien Loong’s reply to Malcolm Rifkind in Chatham House."It's a first world system in a...
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Pinger maker never received device on MH370 for maintenance, reports CNN
The two black boxes on missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 were never returned to their manufacturers although they were due for overhauls and battery replacements in 2012, CNN reported...
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Blaming Geylang for Little India's failure, PAP reactive
My respect for the police has continued to diminish after CP Ng Joo Hee deflected the SPF’s failure in handling the Little India riot to Geylang. The COI on Little India has to be confined to … Little...
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How United Are We Singaporeans?
How are we working together to help each other? I have been seeing many comments on facebook saying that how we Singaporeans should overthrow the PAP in order to have a more peaceful country. But how...
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Golden Jubilee Babies
Fortunately they announced it on the news website on the 2nd of April so the people wouldn't mistaken it for an April Fool's joke. Still, it was a good laugh reading how Grace Fu thought giving...
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Let NSFs sit on trains - Here're 3 reasons why
I'm writing to refute a Lye Khuen Way's opinion on why NSmen in uniform should stand in crowded trains. I first saw this on my Facebook wall, and to be very honest, I'd initially thought it was a...
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Let’s do our part amid the haze & drought
Attached is an opinion piece regarding the haze and drought that Singapore has been experiencing. While most of us think that these issues of the haze and drought are just temporary changes for us, it...
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Aspiration of the new Sinkies
Our parents aspired to live in landed properties, or at least a private flat. If that is too much, a bigger HUDC or executive flats also can. And of course, the prized possession of a car to take the...
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Rebutting Roy Ngerng - The CPF and Housing Policy seems fine to me
One of the most heartening developments in Singapore civil society is the willingness and ability of people to give details, professional and sometimes expert analysis into issues of the day. This is...
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Singapore to help Sri Lanka by contributing to Education efforts
Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said yesterday that Singapore will be working closely with Sri Lanka over the next few years to boost the education system there.Sri Lanka has suffered from a long...
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NKF has 8 years' reserves?
I refer to the article “NKF to get back to active fund-raising” (Sunday Times, Apr 6).Need to return to active fund-raising?It states that “Nearly a decade after the T. T. Durai scandal, the National...
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MINDEF considers compulsory fitness programs for Poly students to 'get ready'...
While MINDEF continues to look at ways to improve National Service, some people are suggesting that compulsory fitness programs be introduced for students before they enlist.This was one of the...
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Calvin Cheng: Rebutting some lies being spread about the CPF policy
Background Story: TRUTH EXPOSED: THE DIRTY CPF-HDB SCHEME TO TRICK SINGAPOREANSJust overheard a group of young men discussing The Heart Truths article on CPF and HDB and getting upset, thinking it is...
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NS: Taiwan’s way
Netizens have recently (again) been voicing their opinions on NS and on the amount S’pore spends on the military. Most views are against the status quo. Sadly, a lot of comments are juz noise, if not...
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Meritocrazy in a decadent city state
Straits Times (Print); 5 April 2014; Pg D2 – Wanted: Local talents in varsities.They say a fish rots from the head. When that happens, the fish does not think anymore and soon the rot will spread...
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Singapore’s Widening Wealth Gap
Unless you live in a perfect country, chances are great that there is economic inequality where you live. While you may think you fully comprehend the growing gap between the wealthy and those below...
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Should male Singaporeans suffering from Schizophrenia serve NS?
Private Ganesh Pillay Magindren, aged 23, who suffered from schizophrenia (diagnosed and on treatment by Dr Paul Ngui, a senior consultant psychiatrist in private practice), was found dead at the...
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From independence to servitude
The war cry of Malaysia is ‘Malaysia Boleh’. This is how Malaysia wants its people to feel, to psyche themselves up to build a prosperous nation. In 1965, we became independent. We were cast adrift...
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