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A National Institute of Education (NIE) trainee training to be a teacher was sentenced to 15 months’ jail for having sex with two underage girls on separate occasions. It is illegal in Singapore to have sex with girls less than 16 years of age, even if the sex is consensual. 23 year old Aaron Kok Chun Cheong was serving... 

We have recently received numerous feedback from our readers about their nick being impersonated and abused on our site. Although wordpress offers registration for readers, mere registration alone cannot guarantee that the nick you used is “reserved” as anyone can still use the same nick with a different email... 

In a recent article contributed by Irene Tay [1], she highlighted the need to vote for “true” opposition parties like the Reform Party that are willing to challenge the status quo instead of voting for “approved” opposition parties like the Worker’s Party that does nothing but serve as a flower vase in parliament.... 

The good times are back again, according to a Channel News Asia (CNA) which claims that there will be ‘broad-based’ hiring across all major sectors in Singapore next year which will see ‘real’ wage growth of between 5 and 10 percent. It added that Singapore’s unemployment rate has dropped to... 

The recent in-fighting between various leaders of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) over the proposed entry of the fledging Reform Party (RP)  into the alliance suggest that the RP may be better off striking it out on its own instead of joining a ’sinking ship.’ SDA was the brainchild of veteran opposition... 

In two instances, our thinking is along the same lines as that of Henry Mintzberg who is Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University. He is one of the world’s top thinkers on management and business strategy. I came across a blog posting of his which show that we ordinary S’poreans are more in-tune... 

Johor Police Chief DCP Mohd Mokhtar has called ‘everyone’ to avoid speculating on the causes of the Mersing ferry tragedy which claimed the lives of four Singaporeans. “I strongly advise everyone to avoid speculating on the incident or its causes. The police are still investigating the matter and we will... 

I found the reply by Ng Kok Lim (NKL) to my letter published in ST Forum. ( http://www.tremeritus.com/2010/12/01/re-lets-be-practical-about-the-rules/ ) NKL’s ending statement “This would in turn lead to the homogenisation of schools that would be the very criteria for fairness that Mr Chen seeks.” indicated... 

This is a concise study of Workfare, a supposedly holistic approach to encourage older low-wage Singaporeans to work and train. Workfare is constantly trumpeted by the Government to be a more effective way in assisting low income workers than minimum wage policy. This scheme is only valid to Singapore citizens who are 35... 

The PAP regime is approving fewer PR application from foreigners in a last-ditch attempt to soothe frayed nerves of Singaporeans ahead of the coming general election where its immigration policy is likely to come under intense public scrutiny as well as bombardment from the resurgent opposition. Despite Prime Minister Lee...