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What to make of the silent majority?
By Ghui I read Marcus Wong Zhen Jie’s email to Yahoo! with great interest. Singaporeans engaging in vigorous debate on the matters that affect Singapore is always something to be encouraged. While I...
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SADPC – Dismay at 24 cane strokes for former death sentence convict.
Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign (SADPC) issued a press release in response to the judgement to have the death sentence of 23 year old Fabian Adiu Edwin to be commuted to life imprisonment. Though...
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PAP’s populist government puts Singapore at risk
By Philip AngI fully agree with Law Minister Shanmugam who recently said “one of the biggest risks for Singapore is a populist government that spends increasing amounts of money to succeed”. CNA news...
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How to do a Bertha Henson
By Luvv K. I refer to the article “Ten Commandments for Bloggers” (Jul 17). The article, written by journalist Bertha Henson, proposes ten rules for bloggers who blog about socio-political issues, in...
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Error spotted on SAFRA’s monthly magazine
By Terry Xu [caption id="attachment_4894" align="alignnone" width="480"] Print out attached with July/Aug edition of SAFRA's monthly magazine[/caption] Spot any error on this print out? Well, someone...
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An Evening of Contempory Dance at the Fort Canning Greens – SDT
By Terry Xu [slider_pro id="1"] [divide] Singapore Dance Theatre (SDT) is now holding its 18th "Ballet Under The Stars" at Fort Canning Green from 19th July to 21st July 2013. Conceived in 1995 by...
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Expanding Education in Singapore: Associate Degrees
By Yap Shiwen Background Singapore has an education system that has over the years delivered a rigorous and quality education to its citizens. However, with increasing global and regional competition,...
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Yet Another Layer of Murky Control?
By Ghui It would appear that the police have taken action against 55 persons who took part in a protest held at Merlion Park in May (link). Home Affairs Second Minister S Iswaran was reticent in...
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The Unofficial history of the poor in Singapore? (Part 4)
By Leong Sze Hian and Roy Ngerng This part 4 of the "Unofficial history of the poor in Singapore" brings us to two topics which are bankruptcy and medical assistance from the state. History of...
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The Great Singapore Sale? $2 only – As cheap as AIM!
By Leong Sze Hian I refer to the Insight feature article "What makes for good politics?" and the article "Political satire used to be better"(Straits Times, Jul 20). The former states that "the larger...
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3D Printing in Singapore: The Need for a Public Policy Framework
By Yap Shiwen 3D Printing or 3DP, an additive manufacturing technology that translates digital designs into physical objects, has emerged as the latest technology trend in the news, given its status as...
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Others should learn from Police co-op on how to help Singaporeans?
By Leong Sze Hian I refer to the articles “Was Iskandar Rahmat given help?” by Void Decker (TR Emeritus, Jul 19) and “Has the Singapore Police Force failed Iskandar Rahmat?” by Anon (TR Emeritus, Jul...
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Surcharge encourages taxis to enter CBD?
A letter posted in the Straits Times forum, entitled " Surcharge spurs cabs to go into CBD, says LTA" Written by the director of Media Relations from LTA, Ms Helen Lim. She mentions that taxi...
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Government lapses: Missing the forest for the trees?
By Leong Sze Hian Hundreds of lapses? The Auditor-General Office’s (AGO) report talks about hundreds of procurement lapses in practically every Ministry. For example, in one agency alone – the National...
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100 over irregularities and lapses reported by AGO
By Terry Xu In a 63 page report that was signed on 1st July 2013 and submitted to the President of Republic of Singapore by the Auditor-General’s Office (AGO) and presented to parliament on 15th July....
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SPP –“High salaries will not mitigate corruption”
Singapore People's Party (SPP) released a press statement on Wednesday in light of the news of the 39-year-old CPIB assistant director, Edwin Yeo Seow Hiong being charged in court for corruption. The...
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TOC TV –“HDB Flats don’t cost a single cent”
This week on TOC TV, Leong Sze Hian talks about how "HDB Flats don't cost a single cent" to be built. [caption id="attachment_5044" align="alignnone" width="400"] Last published breakdown of the...
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A blogger’s reply to the MCI’s Director of Corporate Relations
By Ravi Philemon I sent the following letter to The Straits Times Forum page on Saturday, 21 July 2013, and it is written in response to Mr Peer M. Akbur, Director, Corporate Relations, Ministry of...
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TOC’s Primer to 3D Printing – Introduction
By Yap Shiwen Introduction 3D Printing is an additive manufacturing technology that can build physical objects from digital data. A technological field that is rapidly developing and advancing, it...
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AGO charge cartoonist for contempt of court
By Terry Xu [caption id="attachment_5069" align="alignnone" width="655"] screenshot of "Demon-cratic Singapore" facebook fanpage[/caption] After three months of investigations, the Attorney-General’s...
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