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“HDB Resale Flats Hit $900,000 Mark,” screamed the front page headline in The New Paper last week. The tabloid is not a paper I would normally pick up but this story certainly got my attention as this is not the first time resale flats have hit eye-popping prices. Who can forget the five-room HDB flat in Toa Payoh that was... 

[Translated into Mandarin from TRE's article, 'From betrayal to betrayal'. Would like to thank TRE reader Bruce Wee for providing the translation.] 为何国人愤怒？痛苦的呻吟和哭泣谁人受理？被出卖的愤怒绝对非笔墨能形容。当大量的外国人蜂涌而入，美其名＂帮助国人＂，享有与国人几乎一样甚至更多，没错，是更多的待遇与特权，所谓的＂帮助＂是虚是实，已是其次。盛怒的国人，这次不是说说就算了！为何国人不能买的政府组屋，外人只要弹指间把身份证换成粉红色就能购买？为何外国人不需作出与国人一样的贡献和牺牲，只要成为公民，就即刻享有医药津贴，教育津贴，国家分红？是的，国人深感惨遭出卖！ 敢问，永久居民已成为公民了吗？不外是另一个羞辱国人智商的出卖。当多数永久居民已经转换成公民，现在才来削减永久居民的津贴，还有什么意义？明白吗？国人可以接受在我国长期工作的永久居民，但绝非更多的＂新移民＂。... 

Perceived here as a government mouthpiece, Singapore’s news channel plans to break into USA and Europe. CNA plans to go global Singapore television, which helped Lee Kuan Yew defeat his left-wing foes and stay in power for 50 years, plans to go worldwide 24 hours a day from next year. The global push by the state-owned...