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By Hurr Riyahi Singapore is one place, probably the only place, I have seen whereby the survey or ranking information of practically anything is always spectacular. There is hardly a time you can find Straits Times publishing any results of surveys or rankings which shows any imperfections in the Singapore system. If one takes... 

作者:冀居·谢 “老牛吃嫩草”——据说鲜嫩的叶草皆为草食动物所喜爱，为何惟独老牛不得吃？且会演变成一个道德问题，这话实在有逻辑问题。 蒋勋在《孤独六讲》里有段话很精辟，他说：“当道德变成一种表演，就是作假，就会变成各种形态的演出，就会让最没有道德的人变成最有道德的人，语言和行为开始分离。” 我也效颦说：“当道德... 

OPINION When one pay top salaries, one don't expect to get monkeys. The PAP has always boasted that it has the BEST ministers and MPs in the whole world and that's why Singaporeans need to pay them out of the world salaries to "retain" their services. If this is indeed so, then we should be expecting a first world parliament,...