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I read with much amusement on Tuesday about the "experiment" in which "cars rigged with tell-tale signs of a bomb were left parked at nine locations, including Orchard Road, Shenton Way and Marina Bay, from 8am to 7pm."  In the article it stated that, "Of the roughly 7,200 people who passed within 10 metres of the vehicles,... 

作者：星洲日报 （新加坡20日讯）快人快语的新加坡前超级公务员严崇涛说，新加坡政府允许设立赌场，是走上了歪道，因为赌场会破坏新加坡人的道德品质。 他认为政府允许综合度假胜地内设赌场，会荼毒新加坡的人心灵。 严崇涛（73岁）指出，今日的赌博行业和60年代没有多大的改变，顶多是灯多了一些罢了，政府既然在60年代反对设立赌场，为什么现在就允许了呢？ 他也不相信开设赌场，能为新加坡制造3万个就业机会的说法。 严崇涛说，赌场的工作的乘数效应不大，和钻油台建筑业和药剂业所制造的3万份工作是不一样的。 严崇涛是在推介新书，接受《商业时报》的访问时，表达自己坚决反对赌场的立场。 严崇涛的英文新书“Dynamics... 

Wen Jia Bao Recent developments in and about China have been quite unprecedented. First, Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Following ths award, 23 prominent members of the Chinese Communist Party wrote a letter blasting the Chinese government's clampdown on free expression. According to The Guardian, the signatories...