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作者: 朱正熙 译者：冀居·谢 在新加坡人的政治认知里，包括当年行动党薛爱美博士因为和鱼贩握手赶紧擦手被镜头捕捉到，马上把自己的国会议席拱手让给新加坡民主党的林孝谆。如果说一帧照片足以代表千言万语，这帧照片正好说明人民行动党是如何和他们所要代表的新加坡人脱节的。 2010年，三位国会议员，其中两位还是部长，对五间湿巴刹的小摊主由于垄断性商业行为而失去生计完全无视。业主昇菘... 

The Star, 30 March 2010 A 15-year-old girl openly asked a counsellor to teach her about having sex so that she could sleep with her boyfriend, China Press reported. The daily said a youth service centre director in Singapore said she was shocked upon receiving a letter written by the girl asking for advice on how to seduce... 

Written by Our Correspondent Singapore’s Health Minister Mr Khaw Boon Wan is full of praise of Singapore’s healthcare system as he tried to promote it as a model for other countries to emulate at the “Healthcare in Asia” conference. Sharing the Singapore experience, he said that keeping politics... 

By Lee Wei Lian from The Malaysian Insider Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today that the rent seeking and patronage that has marked affirmative action policies will not be tolerated under the New Economic Model (NEM) which he says will now consider all races fairly as long as they are in the lower income group. “We can no... 

Re: Bukit Batok Grassroot Water festival‏ From: Robinkwang * ([email protected]) Sent: 30 March 2010 08: 42AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Dear Ms Grace Fu, As a resident of Bukit Batok, I am disappointed as regards to the water wastage organised by the grassroot leaders. Singapore has no natural... 

OPINION Even before the electoral battle has began proper, the Singapore opposition has managed to start a cat-fight among themselves which is making them a bigger clown than the beleaguered Jack Neo who should seriously consider a movie on the longest political saga in Singapore. In 1993, opposition veteran Chiam See... 

Written by Our Correspondent After a four day wait, PUB has finally replied to a netizen’s complaint about the “Water Festival” event organized by Bukit Batok grassroots organizations. The event will be held on 18 April 2010 to welcome the New Year for the Thai, Burmese, Laotian and Cambodians living in... 

By Sheridan Mahavera from The Malaysian Insider Wanted Urgently: Electronic engineers for Bangi-based multi-national corporation manufacturing capacitors. Starting salary: RM2,500. Benefits: full medical, housing and personal loans, and a RM200 monthly transport allowance. Sounds like a plum job for our engineering graduates... 

Written by Our Correspondent Singapore Democratic Party’s Secretary-General Dr Chee Soon Juan has lashed out at Ms Lina Loh, the wife of opposition veteran Mr Chiam See Tong for making “personal attacks” against him in the media. In his latest posting on the SDP website titled “An open call to all... 

Written by Our Correspondent A paper presented by an NUS social graduate Ng Kok Hoe at a Seminar on the Aged yesterday questioned if Singaporeans have sufficient CPF savings for their retirement, the Straits Times reported. Mr Ng’s presentation revealed that “a Singaporean would draw between 8 per cent and 26...