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OPINION The Singapore media is never known for fair and balanced coverage on local politics. All the papers in Singapore are owned by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) whose Chairman is none other than Dr Tony Tan, a former PAP minister. Not surprisingly, its articles are largely pro-PAP with little coverage on the opposition... 

Written by Our Correspondent The Singapore Democratic Party has taken PAP MP Dr Teo Ho Pin to task over his silence on the rental hike by Sheng Siong after it took over 5 wet markets from HDB. SDP had written to Dr Teo last year imploring him to join them to oppose the sale of the Fajar wet market under his constituency... 

Written by Our Correspondent National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan who has come under fire of late  for failing to control the sky-rocketing HDB flat prices, now made a most amazing faux pas when he admitted that the government has a “role” to play in the property market. He was responding to criticisms... 

Written by Our Correspondent According to a Sichuan newspaper, an unknown “big” Singapore bus company is currently mass recruiting prospective bus drivers from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, China. (read article here) It has so far recruited about 80 people between the ages of 23 and 42. They are... 

Chosun Ilbo, 27 March 2010 South Korean officials are not ruling out the possibility of a North Korean attack in the sinking of one of the South’s naval vessels. About half the more than 100 people on board the ship were rescued, and search efforts are still under way for the remaining crew. An explosion damaged the... 

Hi Temasek Review Team, I would like to share this possible news story with you in light of the rising HDB flat costs and the rising conservancy fees for public housing. The tiles at my HDB block’s lift lobby are ‘popping out’ literally but no one has fixed it and the problem was left unattended over the... 

From The Age MARIKA DOBBIN March 27, 2010 RESERVE Bank governor Glenn Stevens says foreign buyers are a factor in rising house prices. Mr Stevens said the bank was monitoring how much the federal government’s decision last March to relax its rules on foreigners owning property had contributed to surging prices for... 

Written by Our Correspondent As expected, the latest defamation lawsuit won successfully by Singapore leaders against the foreign media, this time the International Herald Tribune, has attracted worldwide condemnation and opporborium with international NGO Reporters Without Borders Secretary-General Jean-François Julliard... 

By Lesley Martin from New Zealand Herald Margaret Page’s decision to end her life by refusing food and fluids once again raises the sensitive issue of assisted dying. As a picture paints a thousand words, the image of Margaret obtained by the Dominion Post on the evening of Day 10 of this arduous process gives us... 

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Prime Minister’s Office Orchard Road Istana Singapore 238823 Paris, 25 March 2010 Dear Prime Minister, A foreign news organisation has yet again been forced to apologise to you and your father and pay you a large sum of money for publishing an article you did not like. This time it is the...