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Singaporean males need to serve 2 years of NS and are liable for annual ICT PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong said one of his main concerns about Singapore is the divide between Singaporeans and new arrivals ('PM Lee flags two worrying trends in Singapore'; last Thursday). This divide, if allowed to widen, may become Singapore's... 

It may be one small step for our neighbour, but it's a giant leap for human rights advocates. The new Security Offenses Bill presented to the lower house of Malaysia's Parliament on Tuesday will limit detention without charge to 28 days, not indefinitely, as was the case under the repressive ISA law. The British introduced... 

Were the Sinkies angry? Were their cries and pain heard and felt? The anger of a people feeling betrayed is beyond words. When foreigners came in drove ‘to help them’ and be treated like citizens with almost the same privileges, and more, yes more, whether the help was genuine or fake, it does not matter anymore. The...