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'Ask the PM' - the latest political gimmick to salvage a declining PAP. There had been so much hype on the "Ask the PM" TV forum that Singaporeans could be excused if they expected some really epoch-making pronouncements to be made by PM Lee Hsien Loong at the forum. But what came out of this comic opera was a regurgitation... 

Tuition centre Senior Minister of State for Education Indranee Rajah failed to understand what is happening on the ground when she said private tuition is not necessary in Singapore's education system. She was responding to MP for Moulmein-Kallang GRC Denise Phua's question about the issue of teachers resigning from the Education... 

在《蔡明发：多数国人过组屋区生活 贫富差距易被忽略》这篇新闻中，记者报道新加坡国立大学社会学系教授蔡明发在“李光耀与新加坡城市建设”研讨会发言时说： 在其他国家，公共组屋常常会变成社会弱势群体的聚居地，即使是新屋子，过一段日子后环境也会变得非常不堪。相反地，新加坡的公共组屋把不同住房类型建造在一起，中产阶级与贫穷者住在相同的组屋区，让90％新加坡人都过着相同的组屋区生活，这在蔡明发看来是很好的举措。 但他指出，由于组屋居住环境让人看不出贫富差距，也从一定程度上导致新加坡疏于应对贫穷问题，直到过去几年，贫富差距变得严重，它才变成一个公共课题。 他说：“也许我们在隐去这个问题方面做得太好，导致问题花了这么长时间才浮现。” “也许我们在隐去这个问题方面做得太好，导致问题花了这么长时间才浮现。”...