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Second Home Affairs Minister S Iswaran was there at the 2am press conference with Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Teo Chee Hean when latter said the Little India flare-up was the first case of street rioting in three or four decades. If it was too early in the morning to be fully conscious, Iswaran can count... 

Ed. "Bo hew" is "ignore" in Hokkien. It looks like Gan Kim Yong still has a long way to go to forge a bond with his residents. At a Bursary Award presentation last week at Chua Chu Kang for which he was the Guest of Honour, the crowd was in a hurry to leave after accepting the award, despite the fact that the presentation was... 

Liquor laws make it tough for foreign workers to find places to chill out with a drink. Not very long ST reported that a survey showed that the majority of respondents tot that proposed ban on drinking alcohol after 10.30 pm in public places (say at barbecue pits) was not on: so another survey was commissioned and it came out...