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“文过饰非”系由“文过”和“饰非”二语组合 而成。“文过”是出自《论语．子张》。卜商，字子夏，春秋时卫国人，为孔子弟子，擅长文学、孔门诗学。根据《论语》的记载，他曾经说过：“无德智修养、人格卑劣的人犯了错，不但不知道改进，还会企图掩饰他的过失。”“饰非”则是出自《庄子．盗跖》。 老番癫吴俊刚星期三... 

In October 2013 the Court of Appeal dismissed my argument that the PAP government’s US$4 billion line of credit to the IMF needed Parliamentary and Presidential approval as required under Article 144(1) of the Constitution. The learned judges ruled that I had failed to make a prima facie case and that furthermore I lacked... 

PM Lee An editorial in TRE titled ‘PM: You’ll be sorry too if I send all FTs home’, a follow up to Hsien Loong’s talk to NTU students, has drawn more than 100 comments and growing. The main point it seems is that the netizens just could not understand or agree with what Hsien Loong said. Not sure if the message gets...