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Reuters, 30 November 2009 John Demjanjuk, an 89-year-old former Nazi camp guard, is due to stand trial today on charges of helping to force 27,900 Jews into gas chambers in 1943. Demjanjuk is expected to appear in a wheelchair before a packed court in the southern city of Munich at what is likely to be Germany’s last... 

Written by Our Correspondent The unemployment rate for Singapore residents hit 5.9 per cent in June this year, up from 4 per cent a year ago. The rise was felt across all occupations and industries, according to the Labour Force Survey carried out in mid-2009 by the Ministry of Manpower’s Research and Statistics Department,... 

Written by Our Correspondent Singapore’s head of the Anglican Church, Archbishop John Chew has implored his followers to unite against “alternative values” such as homosexuality, rampant materialism and religious extremism which are fast eroding “mainstream values”, especially in the west. He... 

By Ben Bland from The Guardian Unfriendly reporters are jailed, assaulted or assassinated by the governments of Burma, Iran and Sri Lanka. Singapore, with pretensions to being a global “media hub”, prefers tools of repression that are more subtle, yet have the same chilling effect on free speech. After a year... 

Written by Our Correspondent Manpower Minister Mr Gan Kim Yong highlighted the “modest” one-off year-end payment of 0.25 month, capped at S$750 for civil servants as an example for employers to reward workers who have performed well. “I think we all understand that the economic outlook for next year still... 

作者： 66 (09 July 2007) 某日，老先生回到家，很兴奋地说有一个新加坡人给他讲了一个政治笑话，这在新加坡可说是超级小概率事件哦，几乎像中奖一样。原来闲聊时老先生跟新加坡同事说新加坡应该学习中国城市购物区的做法，把车水马龙过街不便又空气浑浊的“购物天堂”乌节路... 

作者：《中国时报》 她应该是新加坡政府的无情批评者、坚决反对者，她自认如此，许多新加坡人也视她为如此，西方媒体记者更将她当作稀有的反政府人士。她就是新加坡知名作家─林宝音 (Catherine Lim)。 两个多月前，《国际前锋论坛报(International... 

By Khalil Adis [Khalil Adis a former editor of Property Report. He now writes for Property Report, Property Guru and Temasek Review] 2009 has been a roller-coaster ride for Singapore’s private property market and 2010 will be an equally challenging year for the HDB resale market. A topsy-turvy year 2009 has so far been... 

Written by Our Correspondent Some Eunos residents have protested against HDB’s lift upgrading programme in their estate by crossing out all the four options given to them during a meeting over the weekend with HDB. They are flat owners in Blocks 411, 415 and 417 in Eunos Road 5. The new lift shafts built as part of... 

Dear Mr Shanmugam,   I refer to your speech at the New York state bar association dialogue as reported by the Straits Times on 30th Oct 2009.   In your speech, you referred to American economist Bryan Caplan’s arguments that as a political entity, Singapore should be seen as a city and as far as cities go, America...