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LKY and the ‘folding up’ of Singapore
From ‘Get married, have babies’, 12 Aug 2012, article by Leonard Lim, Sunday Times …In his annual National Day dinner speech to residents of Tanjong Pagar GRC and Tiong Bahru, Mr Lee kept his message...
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Malay men more romantic than Chinese men
From ‘Do Malay husbands know something that Chinese husbands don’t?’, 15 Aug 2012, ST Forum (Ivan Goh): THE total fertility rate of Malay Singaporeans last year was 1.64, followed by Indian...
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50,000 Singaporeans living in Australia
From ’200,000 Singaporeans living abroad’, article by Theresa Tan, 14 Oct 2012, Sunday Times. The number of Singaporeans living abroad has risen sharply over the past decade, with Australia, Britain,...
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We are the most emotionless society in the world
From ‘S’pore most emotionless society in the world: Survey’, 21 Nov 2012, article in Today online Singapore has ranked as the most emotionless society in the world by a Gallup survey, according to a...
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Ah Boys to Men is sexist and promotes premarital sex
From ‘Ah Boys to Men is Bad for SAF’ and ‘Why promote pre-marital sex’, 30 Nov 2012, Voices, Today (Vanessa Tai): I recently watched Ah Boys to Men with my parents and younger brother, who is...
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Society should protect the right to wear spaghetti tops and shorts
From ‘Shanmugam stresses case for death penalty’, 31 Dec 2012, article by Poon Chian Hui, ST MINISTER for Law and Foreign Affairs K. Shanmugam has weighed in on the death of the Indian woman who died...
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Ng Boon Gay’s wife making the deepest form of self-sacrifice
From ‘Strong spouses in their own way’, 1 Feb 2013 and ‘When men stray, women should not feel that they are expected to stay’, 30 Jan 2013, Voices, Today (Donovan Chee Kwok Hoe):…I do not condone...
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Grow up, Ugly Affluent Westernised Singaporeans
From ‘Time for the Ugly Singaporean to grow up’, 9 April 2013, ST Forum (Dr George Wong Seow Hoon): IN VIEW of the increasing incidents of abusive behaviour towards health-care workers…it is time to...
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Singaporean girls getting 3/10 for fashion sense
From ‘Singapore women either wear too little or too much make-up: TV host Pauline Lan’, 26 April 2013, article by Jan Lee, ST When Taiwanese TV host Pauline Lan was in town on Friday to launch the...
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Kurt Tay getting C-cup breast implants
From ‘Singaporean man goes to Thailand for surgery to get C cup chest’, 23 May 2013, article by Foo Jie Ying, Naqiyah Shapudin, TNP …Security guard Kurt Tay, 27, has money and wanted something to boost...
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NS as a 2 year character enrichment programme
From various letters, 15 Oct 2013, ST Forum (Paul Sim Ruiqi): I READ the results of the Institute of Policy Studies survey on public perceptions of national service with much caution (“Poll reveals...
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More spouses straying within 5 years of marriage
From ‘Rise in couples who split within five years’, 16 Feb 2014, article by Janice Tai, Sunday Times The first five years of marriage are proving a challenge for more Singapore couples – that is when...
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Women’s Charter penalising men unfairly
From ‘Stop abuse of Women’s Charter’, 26 April 2014, St Forum (Derek Low): I SUPPORT Justice Choo Han Teck’s suggestion to reform the Women’s Charter (“Maintenance not an unalloyed right of women:...
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IPPT tests ditch-leaping and bullet-dodging
From ‘Let’s be cautious about lowering IPPT standards’, 5 July 2014, Voices, Today. (Ben Ong):… I may not be an IPPT Gold award holder, but the logic behind each IPPT station seems clear. The test was...
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Julien Blanc banned from entering Singapore
From ‘Pickup artist Blanc denied entry into Singapore’, 26 Nov 2014, article by Yvonne Lim, Today Self-proclaimed pick-up artist Julien Blanc will not be allowed to enter Singapore, said the...
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SilkAir finally recruiting male stewards
From ‘SilkAir to finally have male cabin crew’, 1 March 2015, article by Karamjit Kaur, Sunday Times After 26 years of having only women cabin crew, SilkAir has decided to let the men in as well. …The...
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Spornosexuals showing off on Instagram
From ‘The rise of the spornosexual’, 1 March 2015, article by Gurveen Kaur, Sunday Life! With his six-pack abs, bulging biceps and tanned, smooth skin, Mr Edwin Kon looks every bit the fitness model....
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Part-time model Kevryn Lim as NSP candidate
From ‘NSP potential candidate draws Nicole Seah comparisons’, 2 Aug 2015, article by Hon Jing Yi, CNA Even before it officially announces its slate for the upcoming General Election (GE), one of the...
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Unfair treatment of single mums a deterrent to unwanted pregnancies
From ‘Unequal benefits for single unwed mums a matter of deterrence’, 3 Aug 15, Voices, Today (Sum Siew Kee): I agree with the writer of “Unwed mums did make choices that led to their situation” (Aug...
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