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Original article in Chinese by Yew Lun Tian from Lianhe Zaobao When the rain had subsided, other than leaving soaked bags, it also leave some interesting questions. What kind of community do we want? One that encounter some problems and blame the government all the time? Or a strong and caring community? There are some... 

The Singapore Table-Tennis Association (STTA) has set up a Sports Fund for its prized “foreign talents” in the table-tennis team which will include financial and medical assistance and even retirement plans. According to a Channel News Asia report, sponsors have contributed a whooping $189,000 to the fund so... 

By Rana Foroohar from Newsweek Because the rise of China is the greatest story of our time, news events in the Middle Kingdom – good or bad – tend to take on epic proportions in the public consciousness. It’s worth keeping that in mind when thinking about the recent stories of labor strife in China. Strikes... 

“He has met the minimum occupation period for the subletting of the flat and approval has been given (for him to rent it out),” Yes, he met the “minimum occupation period for the subletting of the flat and approval has been given” but did the HDB’s reply said whether  its own “approval” was LAWFUL by the... 

作者:冀居·谢 读了小赤炼游润恬的 《从淹水谈起》，我觉得新加坡主流新闻工作者的堕落真的很严重，其实他们并没有责任为政府辩解，但是他们还是常常主动拿来做。 她写道： 『有人告诉我：“就算部长当天冲到乌节路现场，沟渠也不会自动疏通。但政治人物就是要懂得做秀，必要的时候做必要的秀，人民看了心里才爽一点。” 部长或议员是否应该这么做，第一时间卷起裤管拉队巡视现场，让媒体记者采访他们慰问商店店主的情况？如果只是纯粹做秀，我想不做也罢。我宁愿政府采取实... 

游润恬 from Lianhe Zaobao 昨天早上10点在武吉知马一带有一项工作。起身后习惯做的第一件事是查看手机。读到公关小姐传来的贴心简讯，会心一笑：这里下大雨，你最好从东陵路绕过来，别走武吉知马路。 一路上跟德士司机聊起。他40多岁，曾住樟宜一带的乡村，对淹水一点都不陌生。他说，有时连续下好几天的大雨，水位涨到屋顶，他只好带着家里养的猪到山上避难。 他和村子里的人当年已意识到叶子很可能使淹水问题更加严重。他说：“纸张掉进水里会软掉，但干枯的叶子掉进水沟里不会烂，如果不清除就永远留在那里，不但塞住水沟，还会生蚊子。” Read... 

Mr Sinha Shekhar is a new citizen from India and a prominent leader of the YPAP. He has been a Singapore citizen for 17 years. He obtained his Singapore citizenship in 1994 and joined the PAP in 1998. Though he was only 25 years old when he became a new citizen of Singapore, he did not serve a single day of National Service... 

The latest “freak” flood this Wednesday which saw many parts of Singapore submerged in flood water, sparked a massive outcry among Singaporeans this time at the gross incompetence of the PAP in controlling the floods. Last Wednesday, flash floods hit Singapore’s prime shopping district Orchard Central... 

BBC, 26 June 2010 Home Secretary Theresa May will limit the number of workers to 24,100 – down around 5% – between now and April 2011. The Conservatives’ election pledge to curb immigration survived the coalition agreement with the Liberal Democrats. But some Tory ministers reportedly agree with those... 

Priding myself to be a bona fide born and bred lion and not one of those imported fake species,I am daring and want to be honest enough to tell the govenment enough is enough. Enough of either blaming the USA economy for our own economic woes when at the same time, PRC and even India are doing well. Enough of pointing fingers...