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    Entries in ST Forum (5)

    Thursday
    11Mar2010

    Our children pays for our political myopia

    DateThursday, March 11, 2010 at 12:47PM

    Allowing ourselves to be distracted from the real issues by being thankful of our current situation has never and will never make sense to me.

    This is the Singapore story: Study hard, work hard, and you can pull yourself out of poverty.

    I wish to remind the younger generation of where we have come from, and not to take what Singapore is now for granted. Today, I live in an HDB maisonette. Thank you, Singapore.

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    Thursday
    01Oct2009

    Rising HDB flat prices due to "unrealistic expectations"?

    DateThursday, October 1, 2009 at 10:16AM

    After the recent barrage of discussion about rising HDB prices, Miss Mabel Tan has decided to write to the government mouthpiece and declare the problem to be one caused by "unrealistic expectations".

    My family is an example of how HDB policies have helped us improve our standard of living and how gradual price increases have helped my family upgrade our housing status.

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    Monday
    14Sep2009

    We teach critical thinking through propaganda

    DateMonday, September 14, 2009 at 5:49PM

    Updated on Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 12:24AM by Registered CommenterCallan Tham

    Our Minister for Information, Communication and Arts, Rear-Admiral Lui Tuck Yew, professed his love for the compliant and obedient, unabashed government mouthpiece mainstream media:

    Unlike some foreign newspapers, the media here in Singapore has not gone for aggressive journalism; they have not gone for aggressive campaigning. They have taken the position that they will investigate thoroughly before they publish.

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    Friday
    07Aug2009

    Pregnancy causes "damage and loss" to employers

    DateFriday, August 7, 2009 at 11:54AM

    Updated on Friday, August 7, 2009 at 1:18PM by Registered CommenterCallan Tham

    According to Mr Yeh Siang Hui, he thinks that pregnant women are liabilities as employees:

    Ms Chin - and other like-minded pregnant women in employment - fails to understand the damage and loss caused to an employer (especially small and medium-sized enterprises) by having to maintain on its payroll an employee who, throughout her maternity leave, saddles her colleagues with heavier workloads, does not contribute to the company's revenue and causes loss to the company by continuing to draw pay.

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    Saturday
    01Aug2009

    What I DON'T appreciate

    DateSaturday, August 1, 2009 at 8:19PM

    Despite the near constant stream of dissent emanating from this blog, I have to concede that I do, in fact, appreciate some facets of Singapore. We have a safe and secure environment with low crime rates. We have a pretty good infrastructure, accessible transportation, available education, well-developed and stable business environment. We are not terribly impacted by earthquakes or volcanic eruption or such terrible manifestations of Mother Nature's wrath. We get our rubbish cleared every day. We do not experience strikes or mass protests or large-scale social unrest. All things that should not be taken for granted.

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