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(The writer emailed this article to both TRE and the Straits Times. We published it in full here. It remains to be seen if ST is willing to do the same.) I refer to this Straits Times article on 9th March 2012, "He earns $850 and owns a two-room flat": http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_775642.html. This... 

I read this Yahoo's article by one of its readers with interest: “There should be no social welfare for those who don’t work. This message must be out clear,” said Dennis Lee, who opposed the idea of unemployed Singaporeans getting free healthcare. “Why should I pay taxes and feed people who don’t work?” Source:... 

(Photo source: Asiaone) In the news  ('Conservancy workers to help detect crime in Bishan-Toa Payoh'), a joint collaboration between the Singapore Police Force and the Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council will mobilise conservancy workers who are tending to the various precincts in the Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC to help the Police to fight...