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Is Temasek Holdings indirectly responsible for the Haze in Singapore?
Written by Ashley SchaefferAlthough there are no major fires still tearing through the Tripa peat forest in Sumatra — the largest remaining Sumatran orangutan habitat in the world — updates from our...
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Customer Service Officer offers Student $200 to sniff her buttocks
*illustrated photoA customer service officer with a perverse interest in smelling women’s behinds was jailed for a month yesterday, after offering cash to a teenage student to fulfil his sordid...
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'No playing' sign at Sengkang taken down after being mocked by the public
[Original photo posted on TRS: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=583559878355850&set=pb.416856241...A sign which said children were not allowed to play at an HDB playground in Sengkang was...
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Difference of a GRC before and after 2011 GE
**TRS EDITORIAL PIECE**Ok, first of all I have been a resident residing in Serangoon North Ave 1 for 27 years of my life. Another 5 years was from Kallang Bahru during my toddler period. First of all...
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Lee Wei Ling: My father’s health is deteriorating
In an article published in the Sunday Times yesterday (‘What Mak did at home, my father did for nation’, 16 Jun), PM Lee’s sister, Lee Wei Ling, reminisced about the days when her grandmother was alive...
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Singapore, Malaysia choking on haze from Indonesia
Singapore’s skyscrapers were shrouded in haze and the acrid smell of burnt wood pervaded the central business district.(17 Jun) – Singapore urged Indonesia to take “urgent measures” on Monday as severe...
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Why full-time NS can’t be shortened
According to a government poll conducted in 2011, over 90 per cent of those surveyed said National Service (NS) is necessary. Arguments that it can be shortened, however, are regularly made.These...
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Female jobless graduate managed to get job by hiding her degree
Poverty refers to a state of perpetual stress, a feeling of being powerless, a kind of hopelessness causing deprivation of basic needs and shortened life expectancy.Welcome to the real world!Since...
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Our very own national conversation
Gd Morning All, Something hit my mind today and it strike me an idea. The whites are having their national conversation which we all felt is wayang. Why don't we start our national conversation and...
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PM Lee: I am also affected by the haze
Sharing a photo of the haze taken from Istana. The city in the distance is barely visible.We are all affected by the haze. Farmers and plantation owners in Sumatra are burning crops to clear land in...
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US man sue doctor for giving him an erection that lasted 8 months
By Myles Miller | Reuters WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - A jury on Monday cleared a doctor of negligence in a lawsuit filed by a Delaware truck driver who underwent a penile implant procedure and...
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987 FM DJ Rosalyn Lee draws flak online for haze comment
A local radio host's comments about the Singapore Armed Forces reducing outdoor training for its soldiers because of the haze has gone viral online, drawing both support and anger from two opposing...
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More can be done to fight the haze problem
The PSI has been at unbearably unhealthy levels again. One of the things that we can do is to support companies with proven good land clearing practices and boycott those found to be burning. However,...
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Should we pay Indonesia to stop poisoning us?
The recent flare-up of the Indonesian forest fire problem and the deterioration in our air quality is understandably also causing temperatures to rise in Singapore. Our neighbor Malaysia is also...
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Balakrishnan: Singaporeans must not be too fixated with the PSI level
Minister of Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan said the haze is set to persist over the next few days, and whether a stop-work order will be issued will depend on the severity of the...
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PM Lee: Please stay indoors where possible and avoid heavy outdoor activities
Just back from my Meet-the-People Session. We were all tracking the PSI during the MPS, and dismayed that for a time it went above 300. Minister Vivian has briefed the press to explain what we are...
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An open letter to Indonesia from a humble Singaporean
Dear Indonesia,We know you have your problems, like dealing with protestors because you decided to up fuel prices. But we hope you realise that your little neighbour here is choking to death because...
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Did NEA tamper with the PSI reading last night so as not to alarm the...
Did the NEA tamper the PSI reading at 10pm last evening so as not to alarm the population? Many had sensed there was something amis when the figure was not published on it's website on the hour, like...
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MOM: Employers "Urged" to Minimize Strenuous Work Outdoors as PSI Reaches...
Under the Workplace Safety & Health Act (WSH Act), employers have a duty to protect their employees’ safety and health at work. When PSI levels exceed 100, employees will be exposed to higher...
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NEA director: We are satisfied by the actions taken by ASEAN Member Countries
The PSI in Singapore hardly ever crosses the "Moderate" range (PSI value of 51-100), but trans-boundary haze, which affects air quality almost once every year – particularly during the southwest...
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