Daily Archives: 2016-12-12
Social media furor over Minister Grace Fu parking at a season parking lot
By Neyla Zannia
2016-12-12
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A series of photos have been uploaded online on social media showing Minister of MCCY, Grace Fu parking at a season parking lot at Jurong estate. In the photos, Ms Fu was shown to have parked her Mercedes car at a season parking Read More
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Family service centre rejects family’s request without referral to appropriate agencies
By Neyla Zannia 2016-12-12
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A member of the public, John Lok, wrote an open letter to the Ministry of Social and Family Development, urging the Ministry to improve its service. On a Facebook post written on Sunday (11 December), Mr Lok wrote that his family made an Read More
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N-Level examination result to be released on 19 December
By Neyla Zannia 2016-12-12
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Ministry of Education (MOE) has announced that the results of the 2016 Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Normal (Academic) [N(A)] and Normal (Technical) [N(T)] Level Examinations will be released on Monday (19 December). It also notes that school candidates may obtain their result Read More
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MOF report on how lives in Singapore improved, fails to convince many
By Neyla Zannia 2016-12-12
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The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has published the fourth edition of the Singapore Public Sector Outcomes Review (SPOR) and said that Singaporeans’ lives are improved amid challenges that exist. The 2016 report took stock of how Singapore has fared in key areas of Read More
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Students to cultivate cleaning habits at school, starting Jan 2017
By Neyla Zannia 2016-12-12
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As what the Ministry of Education (MOE) had announced earlier this year, students in all schools will be involved in and help each other in the daily cleaning of their school environment starting from the end of the year in hope that the students Read More
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Tanjong Pagar Railway Station to be opened to public on Christmas
By Neyla Zannia 2016-12-12
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The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) has announced that it will open the iconic Tanjong Pagar Railway Station (TPRS) to the public on Christmas, 25 December 2016 (Sunday), from 9am to 9pm, free of admission. TPRS said that it will see its final Open Read More
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Has anyone learnt anything from Trump’s election?
By The Online Citizen 2016-12-12
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By Raphael Wong Dear TOC, I have previously written some articles for your blog. I am also a fan of Alfia’an Saat’s work. The latter comes with one reservation – as a socially conservative, politically-liberal Catholic, I am a fan of all his poetry Read More
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The issue of LGBT rights
By The Online Citizen 2016-12-12
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By Henry, Libertarian Society Singapore If you were to get hold of any of the people both for and against LGBT rights here in Singapore, you would quickly find out that there is no consistent view of what the concept of rights entail. This is Read More
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Freedom of Information is a right for citizens and only way to make informed decisions
By Terry Xu 2016-12-12
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Human right in Singapore is indeed in a sorry state because the laws and freedom that we enjoy today is a privilege and not an entitlement. Meaning it can be given and revoked at anytime if the government deems it necessary. There are Read More
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United Nations urges Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi to visit the Rakhine State
By Martha Soezean 2016-12-12
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With international accusations of rapes, arsons and murders happening at Myanmar’s Rakhine State, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, who swept to power in 2015 on promises of reconciliation, faces a challenge on how to handle the pressing situation with domestic Read More
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