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By Bhaskaran Kunju Cultural sensitivities can be taken too far, as McDonald’s would have learnt. After nearly a month long saga over the exclusion of a pig figurine from their promotional Chinese zodiac set, the fast food giant finally caved to public pressure and decided to include the animal back in its lineup. As a Singaporean... 

Dear Mr Lee, I refer to your comments as reported by Straits Times on 28th Jan 2010. You said that our flats are subsidised.  But what is $40,000 compared to $100,000 to $200,000 increase in flat prices over the last three years?  Even with the subsidies, Singaporeans end up paying a lot more. You said that our flats will... 

By Alex Tan During a Q-and-A session of a recent Political Forum held on 26 January 2010 at NUS, students lobbied tough questions at a PAP MP Mr Alvin Yeo. The forum called the "Political Face-off" features Workers' Party Chairman Sylvia Lim, PAP MP Lawyer Alvin Yeo and Dr Leong Chan Hoong (Institute of Policy Studies). The...