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When activists cross a line
Andrea Ong and Elgin Toh explore some of the rocky terrain that civil society groups navigate in terms of crossing the border into partisan politicsThe Straits Times, 4 May 2013WHEN does social...
View ArticleAIM deal 'in line with town council rules'
MND review finds no misuse of public funds in sale of IT softwareBy Goh Chin Lian, The Straits Times, 4 May 2013A COMMITTEE appointed by the Government has found that People's Action Party (PAP) town...
View ArticleThe day SMRT union nearly went on strike
Rail staff would have stopped work in 2003 if management had insisted on pay freezeBy Robin Chan, The Sunday Times, 5 May 2013On a quiet day in September 2003, some 3,000 SMRT rail workers were being...
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Taming cholesterol
The proportion of people with high 'bad' cholesterol levels has dropped in the last decade, a national survey has foundBy Joan Chew, The Straits Times, 2 May 2013Singaporeans appear to be taking better...
View ArticleProperty buyers should consider future interest rate hikes: Khaw
By Saifulbahri Ismail, Channel NewsAsia, 4 May 2013National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan has urged those who might be looking to buy property to take into account future spikes in interest...
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Govt goes flat out to meet housing needs
By Daryl Chin, The Straits Times, 6 May 2013TO WED or not to wed, and then whether to have children, are lifestyle choices.So is it really fair to give couples priority in the public housing queue...
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Singapore's Health Care Lessons for the U.S.
By William Haseltine, Brookings, 6 May 2013Most people will agree that the U.S. health care system needs systematic restructuring. Americans pay more for their health care then residents of other high...
View ArticleSingapore is Asia's best place to be a mother
Channel NewsAsia, 7 May 2013Singapore is the safest place to be born and the best place to be a mother in Asia, beating competitors Japan, South Korea and Malaysia -- according to children's aid agency...
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Service with a passion
Three long-serving volunteers with the Singapore Red Cross were among those honoured at the society’s inaugural awardsBy Kenneth Low, TODAY, 9 May 2013He was still a student at Gan Eng Seng School when...
View ArticlePanel seeks to sustain the young's NS commitment
Committee to gather views from national servicemen and the publicBy David Ee, The Straits Times, 9 May 2013JUST because older generations may have been committed to national service (NS) does not mean...
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Talking to each other: Do we have what it takes?
By Carol Soon, Published The Straits Times, 9 May 2013RANGING from nationwide public consultations to targeted forums and one-to-one engagement on Facebook pages, citizens now have at their disposal a...
View ArticleExecutive condo scheme divides participants
Some want it scrapped but others defend it; income ceiling also debatedBy Charissa Yong, The Straits Times, 10 May 2013THE future of executive condominiums (ECs) took centre stage at an Our Singapore...
View ArticleChildren are key to nature's future
Saving our natural environment starts with educating children in forestsBy Brady Barr, Published The Straits Times, 10 May 2013OUR society is producing children who are out of touch with nature. As a...
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Govt studying measures to curb online gambling
By Janice Tai, The Straits Times, 11 May 2013THE Government is coming up with a strategy to tackle the problem of online gambling, which is highly addictive, easily accessible and gaining in popularity...
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'Must do home work'
Habitat For Humanity Singapore's national director Yong Teck Meng is busy cleaning up all the homes of the elderly poor slumming it out behind closed doors in a nation without slums. He tells Susan...
View ArticleAre Singaporeans ideological prisoners?
Singapore needs to rid itself of the false assumptions that underpinned the Reagan-Thatcher revolutionBy Kishore Mahbubani, Published The Straits Times, 11 May 2013AS SINGAPORE undergoes its mighty...
View ArticleMP explains posting of 'provocative' quote by US writer
By Elgin Toh, The Straits Times, 11 May 2013PEOPLE'S Action Party MP Zainudin Nordin has responded to intense criticism from some netizens for a quote on democracy he posted on his Facebook page...
View ArticlePolice slam FT story on coroner's inquiry
It 'grossly misrepresented' police's position on Shane Todd caseBy Feng Zengkun, The Sunday Times, 12 May 2013The police yesterday came out strongly against a news story in the Financial Times (FT)...
View ArticleGo star-gazing at Woodlands CC
By Goh Chin Lian, The Sunday Times, 12 May 2013A new community club (CC) in Woodlands boasts an observatory that draws in residents and thus helps revive the kampung spirit, said Prime Minister Lee...
View ArticleWork starts on Tampines Town Hub
S'pore's first integrated town hub to enable old and young to interact, bond under one roofBy Janice Tai, The Sunday Times, 12 May 2013Work started yesterday on Singapore's first integrated town hub -...
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