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By Yoong Siew Wah This is what is called astroturfing by the mainstream media, especially the Straits Times. The Straits Times in its editorial today was nauseatingly sycophantic in calling on the government to "turf out of consideration astroturfed views when determining policies". But does the Straits Times genuinely believe... 

Dear MP Lim Biow Chuan, I am writing in with regards to the comment that you had made on 7 March 2010, which was published in Shin Min Daily and highlighted extensively on internet portals andnetworking sites. With all due respect, I am appalled as well as disappointed that such a remark was made by yourself to the media (Shin... 

作者:梁实轩 2010年4月2日 译者：冀居·谢 新加坡能源在2007/2008财政年度赚了10亿8600万元，环比是增加了15个百分点。除此之外，2009最后一个季度的家庭电费上升了12.5%，而在2010年4月又要再次提高。（ 链接） 每个人都在问：为什么电费可以在4月1日提高，也不看看国人去年的实际薪金是呈下降的趋势、超过6万人仍在失业、而新加坡经济也不过才从大衰退中走出来？ 既然是这样，那么就试试解答下列的问题： 根据官方网站，“从2000年到2006年，发电厂利用天然气发电的比例从19%上升到78%。”--那为何电费还是照旧和高涨的原油价挂钩，而不是天然气价格呢？ 既然新加坡整体的能源生产效率已经从2000的38%攀升到2006年的44%，为何没有折现回馈给消费者呢？（...