Exchange Student: No student freedom at NUS
My first impression of the country was a threat. No, not the customs form that reads, “Warning: death for drug traffickers under Singapore law.” Within two hours of landing, a security guard threatened me with arrest. My crime? Standing outside the airport subway terminal at 3 a.m., reading the schedule. Welcome to Singapore. When...
Law & Order Singapore Incorporated
ST published a great story by Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times 23/01/12. There was this black teacher Mrs Grady that transformed the life of a delinquent kid that later became a successful lawyer and then judge. In the late 1950s, Olly Neal was a poor black kid with an attitude. He was one of 13 brothers and sisters in...
ST: Well-off bear biggest brunt of the price increases
That’s part of a headline in today’s ST. In the text of the story, it said “the top 20 per cent … were hit by … rate of 5.7 per cent — much higher than the 4.7 per cent for the bottom 20 per cent”. ST’s Breaking News reported, “The lowest 20 per cent income group experienced a lower increase in consumer prices...
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