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Pneumococcal vaccination

Pneumococcal vaccination

I received an advisory from the ministry of health last year to have a pneumococcal vaccination. I carried out the follow up vaccination today. The total cost for 2 jabs was about $200. It was expensive. There was no government subsidy. I am not complaining for myself. I can afford it. But what are low income people? The nurse... 

Mediocre LHL-era with PAP’s 4th generation ‘leaders: a third-class government in the making?

Mediocre LHL-era with PAP’s 4th generation ‘leaders: a third-class government in the making?

Some 15 years ago, on the 12th August 2004, Lee Hsien Loong took over from Goh Chok Tong as Prime Minister. One thing I have noticed is that the LHL increasingly likes to use his father’s name and past glory in speeches – from the GE2015 rallies to even as recently as 2018 at the appreciation dinner for the 3 ministers who... 

Catering to students who have slower rate of learning

Catering to students who have slower rate of learning

The streaming of students was under the Dr Goh Keng Swee’s report published in 1979. It detailed the problems of Singapore’s education system at that time and aimed to reduce the drop-out rate. Primary students would be streamed at the end of Primary 3 into either the normal bilingual, extended bilingual or monolingual course.... 



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