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		<title>Ministerial Pay – The Frankenstein’s monster that won’t go away?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joshua Chiang/ When the proposal to benchmark ministers’ salaries to those of the top six highest earning professions was first mooted in Parliament in 1994, then-Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew defended the largely unpopular move by prophesizing proclaiming: &#8220;I say it (the ministerial pay increase) is necessary &#8230; in five to 10 years, people will acknowledge [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=612577&amp;post=876&amp;subd=theonlinecitizen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I won&#8217;t take middle-ground positions &#8211; Chia Ti Lik</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Deborah Choo There is not enough scrutiny at how the police exercise its power,” Chia Ti Lik tells me. We are seated in his office at Tanjong Pajar on a Friday afternoon, and the lawyer/politician is responding to my question on which are the most memorable cases he had handled in his eleven-and-a-half years [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=612577&amp;post=870&amp;subd=theonlinecitizen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From budget to elections &#8211; diversion tactics?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Howard Lee It seems almost deliberate. The announcement of the revised electoral boundaries came right smack in the heat of the budget debate. What&#8217;s the big deal, you might ask. On the surface, nothing much, until you start examining the news. The printed conversation seems to keep the budget debate strictly in Parliament, while [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=612577&amp;post=862&amp;subd=theonlinecitizen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are We a Nation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Constance Singam We Singaporeans are Schizophrenic. Why is that we can’t agree whether we are a ‘nation’ or not. This disparity in our understanding of whether we are a ‘nation’ or not was highlighted by the recent comments by MM. Lee in the book “Hard Truths” where he is said to have claimed that it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=612577&amp;post=856&amp;subd=theonlinecitizen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lending the Poor a Helping Hand</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dr Wong Wee Nam Dr Vivian Balakrishnan disappoints me. In a recent debate in Parliament withDr Lily Neo he could have done much better. But he didn’t. The MP for Jalan Besar GRC, Dr Lily Neo, had urged the minister to providea permanent and constructive safety net so as to improve the plight of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=612577&amp;post=859&amp;subd=theonlinecitizen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Former RP members join NSP</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Solidarity Part (NSP) has received a boost to its campaign for the upcoming General Election. Members of the breakaway faction of the Reform Party have joined the NSP. The confirmation was announced by the NSP&#8217;s President, Mr Sebastian Teo, at a press conference at its party headquarters, Thursday. The new NSP members include Mr [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=612577&amp;post=852&amp;subd=theonlinecitizen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Law Minister&#8217;s comments prejudicial to Yong Vui Kong&#8217;s clemency appeal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is the press statement from Mr M Ravi, lawyer for Yong Vui Kong, in response to the Law Ministry&#8217;s comments on Yong&#8217;s case. PRESS STATEMENT LAW MINISTER&#8217;S COMMENTS PREJUDICIAL TO YONG VUI KONG&#8217;S CLEMENCY APPEAL Cabinet should not usurp Elected President&#8217;s Constitutional powers Background and summary 1. This press release is issued in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=612577&amp;post=847&amp;subd=theonlinecitizen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do adult S&#8217;poreans support the mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government has always insisted that S&#8217;poreans support the death penalty. TOC takes to Raffles Place in this latest installment of TOC TV to see if adult Singaporeans support the mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking. &#8212;-<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=612577&amp;post=841&amp;subd=theonlinecitizen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Mandatory Death Penalty &#8211; views from young S&#8217;poreans</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOC TV takes to the streets to ask young Singaporeans their views on the mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking in Singapore. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=612577&amp;post=816&amp;subd=theonlinecitizen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Needy waits 2 years under HDB&#8217;s Public Rental Scheme</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
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