SDP: Why did the PAP change its healthcare position?
Recently, the Straits Times reported that the healthcare policy changes announced by PM Lee Hsien Loong are "significant”. The newspaper said: "The extension of MediShield into MediShield Life is tantamount to having a universal national health insurance...” (emphasis added) The position change is indeed significant but...
Deadly ammonia leak in Shanghai
Emergency workers in protective suits at the scene of an ammonia leak in Shanghai. Photograph: AFP/Getty (5 Sep) - Chinese officials say 15 people died and 26 others were left ill, some critically, in accident at cold storage facility. A liquid ammonia leak from a refrigeration unit at a cold storage facility in Shanghai on...
Beijing says 400 million Chinese cannot speak Mandarin
Mandarin is one of the most widely-spoken languages in the world. (8 Sep) - China's Education Ministry says that about 400 million people - or 30% of the population - cannot speak the country's national language. Of the 70% of the population who can speak Mandarin, many do not do it well enough, a ministry spokeswoman told Xinhua...
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