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When political vision flows clear
TODAY, 22 Mar 2013It wasn’t until 2006 that the story of the Singapore water miracle was brought to the world’s attention, by two experts on the other side of the world.Professor Asit Biswas and Dr...
View Article'Cut frills' to keep HDB flat prices down
Instead of copying condos, allow for bigger flat area to plan homes: Ex-HDB chiefBy Daryl Chin, The Straits Times, 22 Mar 2013PUBLIC housing flats can be kept affordable by offering them with minimum...
View ArticleWhat we can do to clean up our act
Will you clear your own food tray at the foodcourt? There's a limit to raising productivity to lower the demand for foreign workers. It would be far more efficient - and quicker - if we Singaporeans...
View ArticleSting video claim about Singapore is false
Video alleging corruption by Sarawak chief minister goes viral in MalaysiaBy Magdalen Ng And Teo Cheng Wee, The Straits Times, 22 Mar 2013A CONTROVERSIAL video alleging corruption on the part of the...
View ArticleTrue price of free benefits
Next generation will have to pay bill for anything that's given away nowBy Jeremy Au Yong, The Straits Times, 23 Mar 2013THIS month, we were all given a live demonstration of the difference between...
View ArticleWhy waste so much if we love food?
By Tom Benner, Published The Sunday Times, 24 Mar 2013Singaporeans tossed out some 675 million kilos of food in 2011, according to the National Environment Agency, a vast amount that exposes the casual...
View ArticlePilot scheme to tap trained-but-not-practising social workers
By Kimberly Spykerman, Channel NewsAsia, 23 Mar 2013A new scheme aims to help plug manpower gaps in the medical social services sector, while hoping to draw social workers who have left back into the...
View ArticleS'pore dialogues 'have influenced policymaking'
Minister says public engagement exercise prompted initiatives unveiled in BudgetBy Rachel Chang, The Sunday Times, 24 Mar 2013To those who dismiss the Our Singapore Conversation (OSC) exercise as a...
View ArticleMediShield may cover big outpatient expenses
Review also considering extension of Medisave use for home hospice careBy Salma Khalik, The Straits Times, 25 Mar 2013THE scope of both medical insurance and medical savings will likely be expanded...
View ArticleMore help for businesses to be pro-family
Channel NewsAsia, 25 Mar 2013Businesses will receive greater support in creating a family-friendly environment for their customers. The Ministry of Social and Family Development has launched a new...
View ArticleLife-saving device coming to schools
149 defibrillators for users of fields, sports halls in sports council schemeBy Melissa Pang, The Straits Times, 26 Mar 2013SOME 149 defibrillators will be available at school playing fields and sports...
View ArticleLetting the terminally ill die with dignity
By Andy Ho, The Straits Times, 25 Mar 2013FOR many a terminally ill patient, the prospect of severe and unrelenting pain at the end of life may make him or her wish for a quick death as release.The...
View ArticleS'pore has strict brain death criteria: MOH
By K.C. Vijayan And Maryam Mokhtar, The Straits Times, 26 Mar 2013THE Ministry of Health (MOH) has made it clear that stringent medical criteria are used in determining if a patient here is brain dead...
View ArticleIntegrating foreigners isn’t a lost cause
By Zhang Jianlin, Published TODAY, 27 Mar 2013On a recent trip to present a research paper in Tokyo, I was surprised to not hear a single mobile phone ringing or a commuter talking loudly on the...
View ArticleS'pore still a target for terrorism, says PM Lee
Country cannot let its guard down as terror groups remain a global threatBy Elgin Toh, The Straits Times, 27 Mar 2013PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned yesterday that Singapore could not afford to...
View ArticleMore COEs next year, free train rides not decided
Govt doing utmost to make public transport convenient: MinisterBy Royston Sim, The Straits Times, 27 Mar 2013TRANSPORT Minister Lui Tuck Yew has advised aspiring car owners to wait till next year when...
View ArticleMr Lee's speeches in new book
New 10-volume collection covers period from 1990 to 2011 when he was SM, MMBy Tracy Quek, The Straits Times, 28 Mar 2013THE latest 10-volume collection of Mr Lee Kuan Yew's speeches, spanning a decade...
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Bringing social services to HDB towns
The recent plan to build 20 social service offices in Housing Board towns has cast a fresh spin on an old debate: whether there should be a "central brain" coordinating the "many helping hands" of...
View ArticleThe Singaporean core
Much has been said about retaining a Singaporean core. The term has been taken to mean a core of citizens in a workforce where one in three is a foreigner. Others take the term to refer to a core of...
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Quality growth
Devadas Krishnadas, a social and political commentator, is the director of a foresight consultancy. This is a three-part series of commentaries on quality growth.Published TODAY, 25, 26, 28 Mar 2013The...
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