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Malaysian Chinese working in Singapore not subjected to MOM levies?
Ever since the Ryan Goh, Amy Cheong and Alvin Tan incident, we would have thought that MOM will clamp down on Malaysian Chinese working in Singapore.Since Jul 13, MOM has increased the salary...
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No Wish For National Day, Anymore
Today is National Day. So let me wish every Singaporean a happy National Day. I was asked what changes I would like to see in Singapore. Unfortunately it will be improbable that I can come up with any...
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New citizens: Is the govt naive or cynical?
New citizen Raj may be attending something like this party (at tax-payers’ expense, but then he too pays tax)...
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Why Moody’s downgraded Singapore banks
Last week I read a rather disturbing story in the financial news. According to the article Moody’s, the rating agency, downgraded Singapore’s banking sector from “stable” to “negative.” Singapore? Last...
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Being a Singaporean
I was born in Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital (now known as KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital). I grew up in a Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) housing at Ganges Avenue. So I am a Singaporean by...
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Political Change: Social Stratification?
The nature of my job needs me to travel around Singapore. CBD ( Central Business District ) district, HDB ( Housing Development Board ) public housing estates, GCB ( Good Class Bungalow ) Districts,...
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55% of Singaporeans can’t meet CPF Minimum Sum!
Something very wrong happened.The CPF Board had released their annual report for 2012.In 2011 and prior to 2012, the CPF Board had always included a table of the Active CPF members by monthly wage...
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NS is just another dog obedience school
Taiwan is still facing threats from China but they got rid of the national service. They did the right thing as populations ageing, they need the younger people to replace the ageing to support the...
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America, the Real Terrorist?
TRS reader Nurul is outraged by a comment made by a Singaporean on Facebook labelling Muslims as terrorist and suicide bombers, however she also acknowledges that this is probably just a form of...
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I am worried about the future of my kids living in Singapore
Went down and watched the fireworks. (Couldn't even hear the songs from the parade from where we were.) On way home, had a mix feeling about this year's celebrations because of how many foreigners...
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Age discrimination in the public sector worse for degree holders?
I attended a job fair in NTU. At that time, I was working in NTU and was already 35 years old. I actually wanted to join IRAS as a fresh graduate but chances eluded me and now, I am already too old to...
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A Foreigner in Singapore Part 2
This is a clarification and response article written by TZ following some feedback she received from her original article (I am a Foreigner in Singapore). TRS Reader Po had written a response to TZ's...
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Many Stories, One Singapore – Happy 48th National Day
Two messages caught my attention this National Day.The first was the Prime Minister’s National Day Message yesterday. He spoke of a new chapter to be written in the Singapore story, a chapter that will...
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Do new immigrants know what being Singaporean means?
I have been a Singapore citizen for over two years, and I am still trying to integrate as a local by participating in community events and reading books about the Singapore system.Daily events have...
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The courts of public opinion
The rich and power seek justice in the courts of law. They have the money to hire the most expensive and eminent legal experts to bring them the justice they can afford to pay for. Often the loser lost...
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Government completes 'most comprehensive’ study of Singaporean hopes and dreams
47,000 participants.660 dialogues.One big national conversation.These numbers tell the story of the year-long “Our Singapore Conversation” (OSC) – a national initiative announced by PM Lee last August...
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Anwar Ibrahim: Lee Kuan Yew "trapped in old mindset,"
BUKIT MERTAJAM: Former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s views expressed in his new book, One Man’s View of the World, are "obsolete," said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.The views represented the...
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Lee Kuan Yew: Xi Jinping is in Mandela’s class
Elder statesman’s new book praises president’s ‘great breadth’ and the way he endured many trials to work his way up Communist Party ladder.Lee Kuan Yew has praised President Xi Jinping as a man of...
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Expat female teacher found dead in bed at Queenstown apartment
A young Irish female teacher was found dead in her Stirling Road apartment on Wednesday night.According to The Straits Times, Miss Orla Daly -- who hails from the town of Clontarf in Dublin and was...
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So you say you love Singapore
Dear fellow folks of Singapore,In Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s view, National Day is probably better defined as the 48th year of separation from Malaysia, and in 2011 he was reportedly suggesting that Singapore...
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