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Get-it-right gets it wrong a second time

Get-it-right gets it wrong a second time

I refer to the 12 Aug 2015 TR Emeritus letter “My reply to Ng Kok Lim’s response to my article”. Get-it-right wrote: When it comes to one-party rule of SG, detractors are quick to point to N Korea. What about China? It is on the rise and rise under one-party longer than N. Korea. The rise of China has been the exception... 

84,700 unemployed + long-term unemployed + under-employed, etc

84,700 unemployed + long-term unemployed + under-employed, etc

Unemployment rises According to the Straits Times news report “Employment growth rebounds in second quarter but unemployment rises” (Jul 30) – “Unemployment rose after trending down over the past 12 months. The seasonally-adjusted rate was 2 per cent overall, from 1.8 per cent in the first quarter of the year. The rate... 

‘Stupid’ to advocate the learning of dialects

‘Stupid’ to advocate the learning of dialects

“Stupid” to advocate the learning of dialects, PAP’s new candidate once said Chee Hong Tat (left) “It would be stupid for any Singapore agency or NTU to advocate the learning of dialects, which must be at the expense of English and Mandarin,” Mr Chee Hong Tat wrote in a letter to the Straits Times Forum page in 2009.... 



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