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Article and photos by Eugene Yeo I arrived at Mount Vernon at 8.30pm as the visitors started to stream in. Rolls of wreaths from many friends, supporters and well-wishers lined the entrance as I walked in together with my wife. Zhi Yuan couldn’t make it in the last minute as his father was admitted to hospital while... 

             Wake for late Mr JBJ will be held from tonight Tuesday 30 Sept 2008 at Mount Vernon Complex – Funeral Parlour One – off Upper Aljunied Road. (see map). For those brothers driving, exit by Braddell from CTE, turn right and drive straight and turn right into Upper Seranganoon Road. Turn... 

By Cheng Siew Peng China imports have hogged the headlines lately from tainted milk formula, candies, yoghurt bars, chocolates and now its women, not that it is the first time. A gruesome murder occured last Friday at Yishun involving China nationals residing in Singapore (read CNA report here). Three women, purportedly... 

By Lim Yii Tong, Guest Columnist During our usual weekend get-together at my mother-in-law’s place at Yong Peng (Malaysia), there will invariably be heated discussions on politics by relatives from both sides of the causeway. The usual Singaporean complaint about rising costs, ERPs and influx of foreigners seems... 

Ran across Dr. William Fang’s column on Wednesday, the one titled, Two shining examples of the judiciary: HK, Singapore.  Fang has a reason for praising Singapore in particular — prior to the Taiwanese presidential elections, then-KMT-candidate Ma Ying-jeou suggested undemocratic Singapore was a model worthy... 

By Catherine Lim For the first time in the political history of Singapore, the PAP Government is not only unambiguously stating that the political process is ripe for change and evolution, but is actually backing up the statement with a flurry of measures. Of these, the one that has generated most interest and discussion... 

Hugo Restall Far Eastern Economic Review During the national Day festivities last month, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s gloomy prognosis for the economy—a “bumpy year” ahead—was overshadowed by even more dire warnings that the city state is about to start running low on its main resource, people. With... 

By Jeremy Fernando On the evening of Aug 17 2008, Singaporeans were faced with a dilemma: do we cheer for the table-tennis girls that are standing on podium at the Beijing Olympics?   On the one hand, this was the first Olympics medal that Singapore has won for the last 48 years. On the other hand, many were still skeptical... 

By Lim Siow Kuan, Malaysian Correspondent As the purported date for the takeover of the Malaysian federal government by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim looms nearer, Singaporeans must be wondering what a Pakatan-led government in Kuala Lumpur have in store for them. Anwar has vowed to replace the 4 decade old New Economic...