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OPINION If you were to ask 10 elderly Singaporeans in the streets randomly who the Prime Minister of Singapore is, chances are quite a number will answer “Lau Lee” in reference to Singapore’s octogenarian leader Lee Kuan Yew. Lee was the first Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990 and though he... 

Written by Our Correspondent For the second time within a month, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong tried to deflect public anger over sky-rocketing HDB flat prices by reiterating that his administration cannot control property prices. ‘We can try to influence it, but whether it goes up or goes down depends on sentiment,... 

Written by Our Correspondent A Spa manager is a job which Singaporeans will be keen to take up. Neither does it require any special qualifications or skills not found in the local workforce. For some strange reasons, a Filipino employment agency was tasked with recruiting Filipino citizens and those who are Singapore PRs... 

By Hurr Riyahi One of the characteristics of PAP Model is its tendency to start ahead but finish last. This can be seen in the outcomes of most PAP policies. What is funny about this is that about two thirds of Singaporeans (about 66%) only choose to see how PAP model starts ahead. Instead they fear to see how it finishes... 

Written by Our Correspondent Despite the massive media hype surrounding the government-run REACH portal as a feedback channel for Singaporeans on current affairs and policies, its readership and traffic have continued to drop. According to the latest statistics from web traffic company Alexa.com, REACH’s traffic has... 

作者： Robert Amsterdam (3-11-2009) 译者：新加坡文献馆译（21-02-2010） 自1959年人民行动党取得新加坡自治政权以来，在每次大选中都持续控制国会。政府在已经近乎完全垄断政治工具的格局上，还要进一步通过立法与强制施行违宪的法规，去妨碍新加坡宪法赋予人民的权力保障。 在一个缺乏独立自主性的屈从司法体系和一个政府控制的沉默新闻媒体，以及不间断诽谤控诉威胁的情况下政治自由受到了压抑。 新近的一项立法是公共秩序4月2009年法令，强化了执政的人民行动党对反对党的进一步管制。 o... 

By Amanda Lian After much thought and nerve-wreaking ideas, I come to think of the newest addition to the Apple family as the 7 commandments to a happy relationship. Why 7 you may ask? Because… And a huge because Apple said that it is an in-between product of the iPhone and MacBook which does 7 wonderful essential things... 

Written by Our Correspondent The government had introduced two measures lately to prevent a “bubble” formation in the private property market – a stamp duty will be imposed on buyers who sell their properties within a year and the maximum loan allowed is limited to 80 per cent of the purchase price. Senior... 

By Voice of Citizens We, the Citizens, are not against Immigration Policy per se. We are deeply against the ill-conceived manner in which huge and rapid influx of FT/PR are admitted into our country recently. We are frustrated with the HDB policy and poor planning which does take into account housing needs of increasing... 

Written by Our Correspondent 2 days after MM Lee gave a speech exhorting Singaporeans to “bear” with the overcrowding caused by foreigners, he is in the news again. The Straits Times carried a report about MM Lee calling on Sultan Ibrahim Ismail of Johor at the Istana Besar to express his condolences at the...