Daily Archives: 2016-01-31
Reexamine the role of school counsellors in criminal investigation of students
By The Online Citizen
2016-01-31 
0Below is a letter submitted to TOC By Chen Yi Quan Under the Children and Young Persons Act it is stated that the act exists to: provide for the welfare, care, protection and rehabilitation of children and young persons who are in need of Read More
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CAN: Special safe guards needed for criminal cases involving minors
By The Online Citizen 2016-01-31 0Singapore based NGO, Community Action Network (CAN) has issued a statement to voice its concern over the death of 14-year-old, Benjamin Lim who died of “unnatural causes” on Tuesday late afternoon after being interviewed by the police without the accompaniment of his parents. Below is their Read More
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14-year-old jumps to his death after unaccompanied police interrogation
By Terry Xu 2016-01-31 0Last updated on February 3rd, 2016 at 05:10 pmFourteen-year-old Benjamin Lim Jun Hui was found dead late Tuesday. He had apparently jumped off a ledge outside his 14th-floor flat in Yishun. Family and friends are still trying to make sense of the boy’s Read More
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Workers’ Party’s position NCMP sound
By The Online Citizen 2016-01-31 0By Ng Kok Lim I refer to the 30 Jan 2016 Straits Times report “Party’s transfer of vacant seat a political manouevre: PAP MPs”. Spirit of NCMP scheme While the spirit of the Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) scheme is to offer a seat Read More
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Published on 2016-01-31 by The Online Citizen
Singaporeans fully employed with median income rising?
By The Online CitizenBy Richard Wan It was recently reported on the Straits Times that Singapore’s employment grew by only 31,800 last year, the slowest pace in 12 years [Link]. More workers lost their jobs last year, especially in the manufacturing and service sectors, which saw Read More
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