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The American who was charged in court last month for overstaying in Singapore for 169 days after his social visit pass expired in mid-March, has been slapped with an additional charge for conspiracy to cheat an Australian in a phone scam. Mr. Kamari Kenyada Charlton, 37, is believed to have conspired with others in Singapore... 

Dear Deputy Senior State Council, I refer to the 19 Oct 2010 Straits Times report of your court arguments against Mr Alan Shadrake. You said that (part of) the title of Mr Shadrake’s book “Singapore Justice in the Dock” clearly suggests that the book is out to judge the judges of Singapore. However, the word... 

Lim Boon Heng Singapore may need to raise its retirement age to 68, according to Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Lim Boon Heng “Singaporeans need to work longer as their life span increases “, said Mr Lim, who is in Finland accompanying President S R Nathan on his state visit. “That is because they need... 

From the positive feedback that we received of our pre-election rally held a few weeks ago, the Party has decided to go ahead with Rally2. Many who attended our first rally told us that they would like to see another similar event held as it helped to keep the opposition’s message alive for the elections. We agree.... 

“Gary Ng”, the man netizens touted as the “Edison Chen of Singapore” has been arrested by the police. The unemployed 28-year-old man runs a website that charges $50 for membership to download explicit videos of his sexcapades with various women. He also hosted a mIRC channel at #sammyboyforum (run by a... 

I was too young to remember the time when Singapore separated from Malaysia. All I know is that Lee Kuan Yew put up a good show crying crocodile tears on TV. According to LKY, the Tengku kicked us out. However, I have come across other sources, which point that it was LKY who wanted out and threatened the Tengku with the... 

Hi Temasek Review, Please excuse my poor English as I am more used to Chinese. I hope my appreciation could be published in the website. I have been an avid reader of the website and I consider it a daily must-read. I have recommended the website to many of my friends who had started reading it and find it extremely informative. Recently,... 

The various property market cooling measures announced so far have not addressed these two fundamental issues: Root cause behind high prices of new and resale HDB flats The high prices of HDB flats will naturally push up private- property prices. Thus, this issue affects all Singaporeans, even those aspiring to own private... 

Join us at Speakers’ Corner on Saturday, 30 October 2010 from 4pm to 4.45pm to say “NO TO BURMA’S SHAM ELECTIONS” . Come for a photo session and get your voice heard with a large placard that reads “No to Burma’s Sham Elections”. As a gesture of solidarity, do wear a red shirt for the event. The Burmese Junta... 

Dear Temasek Review Readers On 24 October 2010, the Temasek Review published an article which I suggested 1 million votes against the ruling PAP (People’s Action Party) in the upcoming general election. This was about 45% out of an estimated 2.3 million voters with no spoilt votes. The PAP would win 55% of the valid votes....