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Is Singapore still Singaporean?
by Richard Hartung
Is Singapore still Singaporean? That's the conundrum posed by recent population data. Sometime last year, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said that ''we must have a core - at least 65 per cent of people born and bred who understand this place'' to maintain the...
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Single at 62 ... why not?
My friend is staring retirement in the face. It isn't his choice but his company's, as he will soon hit 62. A divorced man, he has been musing, and thinks it would be a good idea to start a club for either older men or older women. Or for older and lonely men...
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Another index, another drubbing for Malaysia
by Ooi Kee Beng voices@mediacorp.com.sg
The release of the Corruption Perception Index by Transparency International (TI-CPI) this week was not exactly news that Malaysian Premier Najib Abdul Razak (picture) needed. For seven months in power, he had been fighting fires on many fronts. But the...
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'Digital people power' is just getting started in Indonesia
by Evan A Laksmana voices@mediacorp.com.sg
Apart from the intense drama, the recent saga between the Indonesian National Police and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) also tells us something about the deeper dynamics unfolding in Indonesian politics. Perhaps the most obvious is the growing...
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Murphy's Law of Attraction
by lynyi@mediacorp.com.sg Chung Lyn-Yi lynyi@mediacorp.com.sg
If first impressions count, then worst impressions count more. This much I gathered after several ''whine and dine'' sessions with my friends. There is no letting go of incidents in which we appear unglamorous and uncoordinated in front of others. The...
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You are what you eat
by nickfang@mediacorp.com.sg Nicholas Fang nickfang@mediacorp.com.sg
Food has been on my mind a lot of late. I've been trying to lose some weight ahead of a race I've signed up for in a few weeks, and as a result, I've been perpetually hungry for the past two months or so. And as I carefully monitor my intake of calories, I...
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History repeating
IT HAPPENED, as these things often do, while checking my email, when I was asked to take part in a survey vis-a-vis local music. Almost immediately, I read a message about how younger musicians today are not interested in local music history. I know Sting once...
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A video referee please
FIRST of all, let's get this straight. It wasn't a handball by Thierry Henry. It was ''un 'andball''. Doesn't it sound so much better coming from a Frenchman like Thierry ''Ohn-ree''? Mais oui. Jokes aside, the France captain blatantly handled the ball in the...
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Global challenge, domestic distractions
by voices@mediacorp.com.sg Simon Tay
United States President Barack Obama will be late coming to Singapore. After the tragic shooting at Fort Hood, he delayed leaving the US by one day. He will still make the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) meeting with fellow leaders on Sunday, as well...
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China's silent majority speaks up
by Maria Siow
Like many China residents who had been following the case closely, I was disappointed when a Beijing court ruled against a former Xiamen Airlines employee who had sued the carrier for discrimination. In his suit, Mr Fan Houjun, 37, claimed that on at least...
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