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By Shamim Adam from Bloomberg After luring investor Jim Rogers, actor Jet Li, Filipino maids and Bangladeshi construction workers with one of Asia’s most open immigration policies, Singapore is becoming a little less welcoming to foreigners. Singapore almost doubled the rate it grants citizenship and permanent residence... 

Written by Our Correspondent Singapore’s very own Korea Central News Agency (official media of North Korea) – Channel News Asia has published a detailed article on the PAP MPs singing the praises of the latest announcements in the Budget speech made by Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam in unison. Heng... 

Written by Our Correspondent The recent move by the ruling party to increase the Foreign Worker Levy will only go to increase the coffers of the government without benefiting the ordinary workers, both Singaporeans and foreigners alike. Under the new scheme, most Work Permit holders will have their rates raised by between... 

Written by Our Correspondent According to a New Paper report last Sunday, a 24 year old China national who graduated from a local polytechnic recently had been selling fake local degrees for a living upon graduation. It is not known how he came to be enrolled in a Singapore polytechnic or if he got a scholarship/bursary... 

Dear Mr Mah, I refer to the comments you made in parliament as reported by Straits Times on 23 Feb 2010. You said that the BTO scheme reduces uncertainty for flat buyers because they are now in a good position to plan for when they will get their flats.  On the other hand, the BTO scheme also means that flat buyers cannot... 

By MJ (S-League correspondent)   The 2010 S-League season has kicked off with two new foreign clubs in the fold, Etoile FC and Beijing Guoan (the latter styled as Beijing Guoan Talent FC). The inclusion of the new clubs, especially Beijing Guoan Talent, has been hotly debated in the local football fraternity, as the FAS... 

作者:冀居·谢 2010年2月22日早报 《让辩论在明确的事实上驰骋》是难得一见、允执厥中的社论。虽然还是拖了一条烂尾巴：『基于让社会舆论贴近理性的需要，建屋局(HDB)理应延续至今公布详细数据的做法，让极端和非理性的观点，在舆论市场中没有立锥之地。』——虽口口声声说要“理性辩论”，却难逃“未审先判”。 社论说：『建屋局近日开始陆续公布的2008年住户抽样调查报告，可谓来得及时，其详细数据，不但让民众可以对公共住房... 

Written by Our Correspondent National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan has dismissed reverting back to the previous Registration for Flat System as the build-to-order (BTO) scheme introduced in 2001 by HDB “has reduced uncertainty for both flat buyers and the Government.” He was posed the question by PAP MP... 

Written by Our Correspondent After being played out by the Romanians again and again over the double hit and run traffic accident involving Romanian diplomat Dr Silviu Ionescu which exposed his own naivete, Singapore’s Foreign Minister George Yeo is fast running out of excuses to cover his own ineptitude. Dr Silviu... 

By Debra Chong from The Malaysian Insider The recent caning of three Muslim women in Malaysia for illicit sex has bruised the idyllic image of a united, multi-ethnic and progressive nation in the world’s eyes, warned a senior federal lawmaker. The DAP’s Lim Kit Siang, in a Chinese New Year speech, said the caning incident...