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I refer to excerpts from the 26 Jun 2014 Straits Times report “Between the covers: The Chinese in Singapore”. It was reported that a book will be published next year detailing the history of Singapore’s Chinese as far back as 500 years before Singapore’s founding in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles. The book will draw evidence... 

I refer to the 11 Jul 2014 Straits Times report “Govt committed to helping S'poreans master mother tongue”. PM Lee claims that schools in the 1950s either taught in English or in Chinese but not both. That is not true. Mr Lee Kong Chian had already introduced bilingual education to the Chinese High School in 1949 and also... 

I refer to the 4 Jun 2014 Straits Times report “From 50 sq km slum to green city in strife-torn Angola”. Surbana Managing Director Mr Louis Tay shared at the World Cities Summit about how African leaders often asked him if their countries can develop in less than the 40 years it took Singapore. African leaders are misinformed....