Mah Bow Tan said: “Housing has been a hot topic for as long as I can remember. (It is a) hot topic before all elections, and will be a hot topic in the next election, whenever that is.”
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Mah Bow Tan said: “Housing has been a hot topic for as long as I can remember. (It is a) hot topic before all elections, and will be a hot topic in the next election, whenever that is.”
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At the end of the Caterpillar Games, the moth spread out his wings, ascended into the air, and crashed straight into the blazing heart of the Games Cauldron. The other moths watched as he burnt soundlessly, casting large and tragic shadows over their faces.
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In the past, some botched rescue attempts have spurred inquiries that have resulted in countries creating or dramatically improving their hostage-rescue capabilities.
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We do need to ensure that a mind at play is a mind that is free and at ease.
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The reason being for the Youth Olympic Games. Perhaps it is time to embrace, embody and express the Olympic values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect.
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A broad spectrum of online activities fall under the purview of internet election advertisement regulation. From existing legislation, it is quite clear what the law stipulates as “don’t”s for bloggers. Further safeguards may be unnecessary.
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In order to address the community health concerns of the host country and the HIV patient’s migration rights, there is a need to establish the latter’s knowledge on management of his condition and more importantly, the reduction of the likelihood of the spread of virus to members of his host community.
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“Moral disapproval alone,” Judge Walker wrote, in words that could someday help change history, “is an improper basis on which to deny rights to gay men and women.”
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Australian High Court Judge Michael Kirby asks, "What, for example, are we to make of the so-called “Asian values” that are sometimes said to justify departures and exceptions from human endeavours to pronounce universal principles such as are found in the Bioethics Declaration?" at the recently concluded Singapore Bioethics Congress.
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Singapore has came up with some truly brilliant ideas along the years. The Internal Security Act, the Merlion, the SM, the MM… the list probably runs deeper than our drains.
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