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Leong Sze Hian I refer to the Department of Statistics’ Population Trends report, released on 28 September, 2012. Non-Singaporeans continue to grow in absolute numbers The number of Non-Singaporeans (foreigners and Permanent Residents (PRs)) increased by 100,800 from 1.9265 to 2.0273 million, from June 2011 to June 2012. For... 

Excluding those forced into Third Language by their parents, I would suppose that entering secondary school with the fantasy of someday speaking French in France, or Japanese in Japan, is an exciting prospect. In a few months, however, many of my peers quit the subject. For example, a friend of mine, who was scoring all A1s... 

Edwin P. Wilson was a spy that lived it up and died at 84, according to The New York Times which reported his death. He was a high roller that hobnobbed with congressmen, generals and Central Intelligence Agency bigwigs. He had real estates in Geneva, England, Washington, North Carolina, Lebanon, Mexico and Tripoli, Libya....