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The PAP’s designated trade union NTUC will be taking the lead to “enhance” the productivity of low wage workers in Singapore. According to official statistics, there are about 350,000 full-time employed “resident workers” earning less than $1,400 in 2009, of which the number of citizens remain... 

Barely two weeks after its opening, the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) Integrated Resort has been hit by a series of blackouts, the Straits Times reported today. The latest, which occurred yesterday morning, occurred at the casino and lasted about an hour. Retailers interviewed by the Straits Times also complained that they experienced... 

This week TR Sports have decided to go raunchy and scout the world of sports for the top 8 hottest female athletes (across various sports) of our time! _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ranking Methodology: 100% opinion __________________________________________________________________________________________________   8.... 

A day after apologizing publicly for giving the “wrong” impression that mother tongue weightage in the PSLE will be cut, Education Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen has written a letter to mother tongue language (MTL) teachers, “clarifying” the Ministry’s plans for MTL in schools. Dr Ng wrote in the letter... 

By Yoong Siew Wah Even Heaven looks kindly upon the opposition and paves the way for it to progress to its present pre-eminence and hopefully up to and including the general election. The ground is definitely favourable in favour of it and it has all the electoral support from the new media, especially the netizens who... 

作者:冀居·谢 官话和外交辞令基本上是废话和谎言的混合体，当然不可啥都当真，更加经不起推敲。 当然官话也不是全无是处，它有些虚的作用，就是达到安抚人心的目的，然而马屁精喜欢称之为“强心剂”。 官话和外交辞令要说得令人感觉诚意，当然是言者要保持十分的清醒，不可以入戏太深，表演过了‘度’，则受众起了戒心，将会功亏一篑，说什么也没有用了。所以要讲官话，要谨记三戒： 不要把受众当白痴 不要把受众当白痴 不要把受众当白痴 【不要把受众当白痴之一】... 

The PAP and the state media have always propagated and perpetuated the myth that “multi-party” politics is “messy”, “confrontational” and “partisan” in nature and detrimental to the long-term interests of the country. Law Minister Shanmugam said no less than two times that... 

Following the much publicized spat between the Reform Party and the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) over the failed negotiations between the two for a possible alliance, Reform Party’s Secretary-General Kenneth Jeyaretnam has written to the Straits Times Forum not to limit the damage from the fallout, but to “add... 

By Andrew Porter from The Telegraph Mr Cameron, 43, becomes the youngest premier since Lord Liverpool almost 200 years ago, and the first Conservative in No 10 since John Major departed 13 years ago. He promised there would be “hard and difficult work” ahead and said his administration would focus on “rebuilding family,... 

The Greek Debt Crisis Explained Damon Yeo It is perhaps somewhat ironic to note now that the word “tragedy” comes from Classical Greek. The economic crisis which the Modern Greek nation now faces is nothing less than a tragedy. Since 2007, we have witnessed spectacular collapses of equity markets, bond markets and major...