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The parents of deceased PRC prostitute Li Hongyan, whose naked body was found in a Sentosa Cove bungalow swimming pool, is demanding ‘compensation’ from her customer Adrian Chua who brought her to his place to have sex on that fateful night. Adrian Chua reportedly met Hongyan at a night club and paid $800 to... 

Yeo Poh Kwee A man who falsely claimed he had iPhones and Jay Chou concert tickets to sell was jailed for 11 months yesterday for cheating and criminal breach of trust. Sales executive Yeo Poh Kwee (photo), 39, faced 11 charges of cheating and one of misappropriating $9,847 from DryClean Express Services in Gul Link. He... 

James Gomez For me the most important political challenge today is to help Singapore’s Working Poor caught in the urban poverty trap. The different policy ideas enumerated in SDP`s alternative economic programme, It`s About You, address an important area of policy concern – the issue of Singapore’s Working... 

In any country or nation with a conscript system, it is expected that the system hold responsibility for shaping the fabric of national psychology and integration to set precedence to a viable governance of the nation. But in some cases, it just fails after some point of time. In Singapore, a small city state in south east... 

PAP MP and Government Parliamentary Committee chairman for Law and Home Affairs Alvin Yeo tried to salvage whatever reputation his ministry has left in the aftermath of Mas Selamat’s escape by giving the usual PAP excuse that it is a ‘learning experience’ for them. Famed terrorist Mas Selamat Kasteri made... 

Malaysians and Singaporeans want to see forward and positive momentum in bilateral relations between the two countries. There is no doubt that the planned swop agreement concerning KTM (Keretapi Tanah Melayu) land in Singapore can potentially be a landmark diplomatic milestone for the relationship. It is important by how... 

Dear Temasek Review, I refer to the reply “Fairness in Primary School admission” by Mr Chen Junyi. Junyi claims that homogenisation leads to mediocrity. Coca Cola, McDonalds, Iphone are examples of homogenisation that didn’t lead to mediocrity. Communism is not homogenisation. The communists didn’t... 

History is written by the victors, so the saying goes. In keeping with this maxim, there has been a barrage of propaganda of late by the PAP to distort what happened in the recent past. Leading the pack of PAP distortionists is none other than the 87 year old octogenarian, the one and only Lee Kuan Yew. Lee’s art... 

The 24 year old PRC woman Li Hongyan, whose naked body was found lying in a pool at Sentosa this year March was paid $800 to have sex and spent the night with businessman Adrian Chua. The sensational case made the headlines this year. A Coroner’s Inquiry this morning ruled out foul play in her death. It was revealed... 

Aung San Suu Kyi Canada invited Myanmar’s newly free democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to visit to accept honorary citizenship, one of a list of accolades during years under house arrest. The invitation was extended by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who voiced hope that Suu Kyi would come to Canada at an “appropriate...