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		<title>TOC migrating&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/toc-migrating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone,

If you&#8217;re looking for theonlinecitizen, well we have moved.
Our new site is at http://theonlinecitizen.com. Please remember to change your bookmark and/or your RSS feed which can be obtained at the new blog.
This site &#8211; http://theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com &#8211; will be left as it is and you can still view the content here. However, comments posting is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com&blog=612577&post=794&subd=theonlinecitizen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reducing commuting time &#8211; national effort needed</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/reducing-commuting-time-national-effort-needed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tan Kin Lian
Like most big cities, Singapore is getting over-crowded. It is easy to build highrise apartments and offices for a bigger population but the challenge is in transporting these people between their homes and workplaces and back. 
A denser population has led to congested roads, crowded trains and buses and long commuting time. Road [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com&blog=612577&post=792&subd=theonlinecitizen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Survey on socio-political blogs by NTU student</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/survey-on-socio-political-blogs-by-ntu-student/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 04:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOC would like to give our support to the following and we urge our readers to do so as well.
A NTU Masters student is conducting an Internet survey on &#8221;Internet Users&#8217; Perceptions of Socio-Political Blog Credibility in Singapore&#8221;. 
The survey comprises 19 questions and will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. This survey will run throughout [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com&blog=612577&post=793&subd=theonlinecitizen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does Singapore deserve its press freedom ranking?</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/does-singapore-deserve-its-press-freedom-ranking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 06:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Terence Lee
In a 2008 survey by Freedom House, Singapore has shown no improvement in its freedom of the press, despite the maturing of online media as a medium to air alternative views.
The latest results reveal nothing new: much has already been said about the deplorable state of press freedom in Singapore, ranked a lowly 153rd [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com&blog=612577&post=791&subd=theonlinecitizen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Uniquely Singapore</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 22:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uniquely Singapore
The Unions, the Press, and the People &#8211; Part II
CASE&#8217;s Relationship with NTUC
Leong Sze Hian
The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) founded the Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) in 1971, and it remains an institution member today. (938 Live) (CASE&#8217;s letter to Business Times)
According to NTUC&#8217;s web site: 
The NTUC Family includes 9 co-operatives, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com&blog=612577&post=790&subd=theonlinecitizen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Give credit where credit is due, Andy</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/give-credit-where-credit-is-due-andy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Loh
A recent public forum about youth concerns raised the issue of lowering the voting age to 18.
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;
Perhaps a post-1965 Member of Parliament might initiate the debate to enfranchise these trustees of our posterity.
- Andy Ho, Senior Writer, Straits Times, May 8, 2008, “If old enough for NS, why not the vote?”
The above are quotes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com&blog=612577&post=789&subd=theonlinecitizen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Unions, the Press and the People</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/the-unions-the-press-and-the-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Choo Zheng Xi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leong Sze Hian &#38; Choo Zheng Xi
Let the people eat…detergent?
Does the media&#8217;s reporting of detergent prices reveal a deeper conflict of interest that may harm the country?
Once in awhile pearls of wisdom are found in The New Paper. Larry Havekamp a.k.a. Dr Money, in his financial column in The New Paper, likened statistics to bikinis: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com&blog=612577&post=787&subd=theonlinecitizen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Aljunied Town Council &#8211; Taking the easy way out?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 08:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leong Sze Hian &#38; Andrew Loh
All 14 town councils run by the People&#8217;s Action Party (PAP) will not be increasing their Service and Conservancy (S&#38;C) charges this year.
- Channel NewsAsia, “PAP town councils to freeze S&#38;C charges this year” (February 28, 2008)
Barely two and a half months later, on May 5 2008, this is what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com&blog=612577&post=788&subd=theonlinecitizen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The truth about life insurance</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/the-truth-about-life-insurance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 02:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tan Kin Lian
Many people buy life insurance to provide financial security to their family. If premature death occurs, the policy provides a cash sum to take care of the future financial needs of the family.
Insurance agents are drilled into thinking that they play a “noble” role in safeguarding the future of many families. This is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com&blog=612577&post=786&subd=theonlinecitizen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Waiting for Godot</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/waiting-for-godot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 03:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Farquhar
Waiting for Godot
Farquhar comes earlier this week and takes a look at the state of the opposition parties on the second anniversary of Polling Day – May 6 2006.
The Opposition is in danger of missing the chance to build on its gains of 2006
Both Acts of Beckett&#8217;s play &#8220;Waiting for Godot&#8221; end in the same [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com&blog=612577&post=785&subd=theonlinecitizen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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