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Why Singapore Citizens Must Boycott NDP
I refer to "New Citizens Get Priority NDP Tickets While Singaporeans Are Rejected Over 10 Years". Click on...
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We need to protect more trades and professions for Singaporeans
The need for FWs in the construction industry and some harsh vocations is recognized by the govt and the citizens. No one is complaining about hiring foreigners to take up jobs that citizens shunned....
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A non-Christian's take on the NLB saga
There has been much discussion about the NLB’s decision to remove and pulp the three books that were deemed not ‘pro-family’ following a complaint by Mr Teo Kai Loon. To NLB’s surprise, there was...
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Examine our societal norms instead of blaming NLB
THE National Library Board's (NLB) removal of children's books portraying unconventional families has sparked much controversy and criticism from netizens and authors. Indeed, after the news broke,...
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Motivational Speaker Adam Khoo: Would you to live in a strict muslim country...
I just went to give a talk at Brunei for the very first time. It is very interesting country. Citizens all get a FREE house (terrace house), free education, free medical care and there are no taxes....
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Why is 15 July (Nuzul Al-Quran Day) not a public holiday?
My Muslim colleague was working very hard this morning. He called up a few insurance companies based in Malaysia to ask some questions. To his surprise, it seemed that no one was working in Malaysia....
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Straits Times Contributor: Why censorship is necessary
I FIND the arguments against censorship in public libraries to be puzzling, if not dangerous.In last Friday's commentary ("Libraries should promote learning, not police values"), Institute of Policy...
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NLB Book Ban - Another Instance of a Paternalistic Government
Since independence, it had been assumed that one of the many roles of government in Singapore include family planning and social (re)structuring. Such a role implies that the state possesses the moral...
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Dear TRS, let me share how I landed my dream job without good results or...
Dear TRS,I'm a Singaporean who has just graduated from university. I managed to get my dream job as a broker in a pretty good firm, and would like to take the opportunity to share with fellow...
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MCI: We are already being very generous by subsidising 4 World Cup matches
In his commentary (“In politics and life, as in sports, the ball is round”; Sunday), Mr Warren Fernandez suggested that public funds had been spent on buying airtime to broadcast government messages on...
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We might have a huge retirement savings shortfall because of how CPF is invested
The CPF is a multi purpose tool used for economic shortcuts by the PAP for decades.CPF is used for “HDB concessionary” loans for the purchase of HDB flats. CPF funds are first ‘converted’ into Special...
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An Open Letter To My Fellow Christians
My best friend and my sister are gay. I've been annoyed at Christians who are going about their opposition for homosexuality in a strident, aggressive and confrontational way. I personally believe that...
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Straits Times Editor: German football team is like Singapore's education system
By: Andy Chen, Deputy Editor, ST Life! Posted on 10 July 2014 at 4:44 PMWithout wanting to come across as a Brazil apologist, I wasn't overly impressed by Germany's 7-1 demolition of Brazil in the...
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German Football Team is like Singapore's Education System?
According to Andy Chen, Deputy Editor of ST Life!, [link] German football team is like Singapore's education system. In his article he said,"Singapore's rigorous education system is increasingly being...
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Singapore is becoming increasingly lawless
<Pic credit: www.misskattie.com>While waiting in line at the post office, two notices caught my attention.One was a police alert while the other warned against being duped by lottery scammers and...
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It is unfair that women want equal rights but aren't required to serve NS
While the recently released Institute of Policy Studies survey reveals ambivalence over whether National Service (NS) should be obligatory for women, my stand on the matter is unequivocal: Yes, it...
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MediFund criteria is secret?
We refer to the article “SingHealth saves time with One Medifund scheme” (Straits Times, Jul 12).It states that “The new system has also saved patients many trips shuttling between health institutions,...
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Why does it take the govt years to catch fraudsters over-declaring their...
I refer to the article "Bankrupt Jailed for Filing False Statements" (ST, 11 July).In this article a bankrupt was jailed for 4 weeks because he had been making false claims to the Official Assignee for...
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PAP government is to blame for our falling Chinese standards
I refer to the 11 Jul 2014 Straits Times report “Govt committed to helping S’poreans master mother tongue”.PM Lee claims that schools in the 1950s either taught in English or in Chinese but not both....
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Censorship and Intellectual Freedom
“And Tango Makes Three” is a children’s picture book which features the true story of two male penguins that raised a baby chick in a New York zoo.Here is my short commentary on the Singapore National...
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