Pre-release rehab for high-risk drug offenders
10-month programme improves their chances of reintegrating into societyBy Jalelah Abu Baker, The Straits Times, 3 Apr 2013SERIOUS drug offenders are being put through a 10-month rehabilitation...
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Lions crowned top team at Asean awards
Captain Shahril and coach Avramovic also win top individual honoursBy Wang Meng Meng, The Straits Times, 4 Apr 2013SINGAPORE football swept the top honours at the inaugural Asean Football Federation...
View ArticleSo you really want a more flexible workplace?
By Gillian Teo, Published TODAY, 4 Apr 2013What is the right way to work?Curiously, in Singapore and elsewhere, the discussion on workplace flexibility and diversity has become entrenched in gendered...
View ArticleFacebook campaign helps 'chope' food for needy
By Melody Zaccheus, The Straits Times, 4 Apr 2013CHOPE Food For The Needy has given a movement, which has taken Europe and the US by storm, a local twist.Instead of giving money to cafes to "chope" -...
View ArticleS'pore and Myanmar to grow business links
Top business groups to sign pact on scheme to ease entry to 'last frontier'By Andrea Ong, The Straits Times, 4 Apr 2013YANGON - The top business chambers of Singapore and Myanmar will sign an agreement...
View ArticleObama points to 'extraordinary relationship' with Singapore
By Robin Chan, The Straits Times, 4 Apr 2013WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama highlighted the "extraordinary relationship" between Singapore and the United States, as he hosted Prime Minister Lee...
View ArticleA history of the world in motion
Big vs tiny. But on the subject of immigration, the US and Singapore have common threadsBy Peter A. Coclanis, Published The Straits Times, 5 Apr 2013PERIODS of large-scale immigration are not easy for...
View ArticleFirms apologise for discriminatory job ads
By Janice Heng, The Straits Times, 5 Apr 2013TWO firms have apologised online for discriminatory job advertisements looking for specific foreign nationalities, which were placed on the Web last...
View ArticleMore GPs take on mental health cases
Partnership with IMH a success, with high levels of patient satisfaction reportedBy Poon Chian Hui, The Straits Times, 5 Apr 2013MORE doctors in neighbourhood clinics are now managing patients with...
View ArticleHeed history’s ghosts of city-states
By Pravin Prakash, Published TODAY, 5 Apr 2013There has been debate ever since the General Election in 2011, and particularly since the Population White Paper’s release, about a disconnect between the...
View ArticleA new PAP or a party returning to its roots?
Populist or pragmatic? Whatever your perceptions of the PAP, the results of the recent Budget and White Paper debates have marked a turning point of sorts for Singapore’s ruling partyBy Amir Hussain,...
View ArticleThe rise and rise of social issues
By Elgin Toh, The Straits Times, 6 Apr 2013AT THE close of the Budget debate last month, a social issue - abortion - emerged somewhat surprisingly as a subject of animated discussion among...
View ArticleSG Conversation 'will be road map'
Govt will focus on issues raised in dialogue: PM LeeBy Robin Chan, The Straits Times, 6 Apr 2013SINGAPOREANS can expect a clearer picture to emerge by August on the measures the country will need to...
View Article22 firms honoured for improving HR practices in year-long scheme
By Janice Heng, The Straits Times, 6 Apr 2013FROM sharing a fifth of profits with top performers to having management try out frontline jobs, the human resource practices of 22 firms were recognised at...
View ArticleRestrictions on used-car loans lifted for 60 days
Reprieve applies to cars in stock before Feb 25; MAS also plugs loan loopholeBy Christopher Tan, The Straits Times, 6 Apr 2013LOAN restrictions on some used cars have been suspended for 60 days from...
View ArticleOpening eyes to good governance
What is high-quality government? Research on the delivery of good governance tends to assume uncritically that it goes hand in hand with democracy. That is not a fact, says American academic Francis...
View ArticleThe S'pore way: the way to go?
The following is excerpted from the Afterword of the just-published second edition of Conversations With Lee Kuan Yew, Marshall Cavendish Editions, Singapore, 2013.By Tom Plate, Published The Straits...
View ArticleRoom at the top - for rich to pay more taxes
Some among the rich argue - or would at least agree - that they should pay moreBy Han Fook Kwang, The Sunday Times, 7 Apr 2013If you asked someone whether he was willing to pay more tax, you would...
View ArticleWill taxing the rich more really help the poor?
By Rachel Chang, The Straits Times, 6 Apr 2013THIS year's Budget announced an intention to spend more on the poor - but also to collect more from the rich.In raising "wealth" taxes on those buying...
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Info on electricity tariffs readily available online
MR CHEANG Peng Wah asked how electricity tariffs are set ("Shed more light on electricity tariff hikes"; Tuesday).He may not be aware that the process for reviewing the electricity tariff is...
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