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By Amanda Lian Is Twitter more for Girls? Recently, I got a few comments from friends and colleagues alike that Twitter is more for girls. Why, you may ask. The demographic is more akin to the feminine gender. Although it is very hard to find out the exact user numbers according to gender, we can only list out why the people... 

作者:冀居·谢 我们常把“不耐烦”三个字连起来说，很少去思考“耐烦”的意义。其实“耐烦”是一种民主的素养，要管理这么多人，民主政府如果不耐烦，其实也实行不了“民主”制。 李显龙以什么来定义“有人滥用互联网来影响政府决策”呢？哦，原来是“互联网让一些个人或团体有机会利用虚构的身份来制造‘人工草皮’（astroturf）现象，掀起讨论的热潮。”——... 

Dear Rachel,   I refer to your Straits Times article dated 11 Dec 2009 which detailed the work of Mr John Kampfner.  It began with a question posed by Mr Kampfner on why educated people are willing to hand over their freedoms in exchange for prosperity and security.  In the case of Singapore, the answer is invariably ignorance.  Generations...