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ALL would-be citizens aged between 16 and 60 will now have to undergo a compulsory orientation programme before they can attain the pink identity card. As part of the newly launched Singapore Citizenship (SC) Journey, they have to complete an online tutorial and quiz, a half-day tour to key national institutions and a sharing... 

Three months after Minister Mentor Lee Kwan Yew published his latest book. Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going, the erstwhile statement deigned to retract the offending remarks he made about the Singapore Malay/Muslim community. “I stand corrected,” he said in a statement he issued to the media late Monday... 

Original Title: Singapore has priced honesty correctly As the general election looms, ministerial salaries are once again being discussed with renewed vigour on various Internet platforms. My view is that the current pay structure is appropriate for Singapore simply because it is the price of honesty. We have had a government... 

利比亚的卡扎菲告诉BBC采访者：‘你不要说你了解，你不了解，世界也不了解我们；我的人民，他们爱我。’毫无疑问的，利比亚的主流谋体，无论电视，电台与报章都在赞扬卡扎菲，贬责反对政府的人民。 在利比亚这种独裁强人政治大环境下的新闻媒体，会有真舆论吗？ 西方人说：狗是不会咬喂养它的那只手。如果此话当真，那么，媒体应该也是不会背叛自已的主人。因此，识别舆论的真假，是取决于报导媒体是在为谁服... 

On Wednesday (23 March 2011) on behalf of the Reform Party I attended the Singapore Forum on Politics at NUS as one of the panellists. The other panellists were Dr. Chee of the SDP, Sylvia Lim of the WP and Michael Palmer of the PAP. The topic was “GE 2011: What’s at Stake for Singapore?” In my opening remarks I mentioned... 

Wong Kan Seng Dear Mr Wong, I refer to the 24 Mar 2011 Straits Times articles: - DPM Wong questions opposition’s GRC motives - Need to ‘look beyond Chinese-educated candidates’ It is unbecoming of a deputy prime minister to insinuate that the opposition wants to win a GRC just because it wants to make... 

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake has hit the Thai-Burma border region, killing at least one person and shaking buildings as far away as Bangkok. The quake hit on Thursday evening (local time) and was only 10 kilometres deep. Its epicentre was in a sparsely populated area on the Burmese side of the border. People fled their homes... 

Dear TR Readers, I have been suffering from mosquito attacks at Hougang HDB estate. I falls into Aljunied GRC I think. I visited my friend there and while waiting at the carpark, dozens of mosquitoes started to attack my legs. The attack led me to think: 1. Since moving from kampung area, I have not seen or got bitten... 

Dr Janil Puthucheary “The question is not where we come from. The question is who is going to be prepared to stay and fight and make this country what it will be, what it can be. I’m that person. I’m staying, fighting. I’m fully invested.” – Janil Puthucheary, Straits Times, 22 March 2011. When the elections... 

Herman Miller’s Celle model IF YOU are a staff member working at the Ministry of Manpower’s office in Kim Seng Road, count yourself lucky you may get to sit on a comfortable designer chair. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has spent almost $272,000 to buy a total of 472 Herman Miller chairs for its staff. The model...