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Leading up to the much anticipated Punggol East SMC by-election to be held on 26 January - surely the political event of the year - what has dominated the headlines so far has not been the candidates angling for election but the antics of Dr Chee Soon Juan, secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP). Dr Chee,... 

UPDATE (4:15pm 18 Dec 2012. Corrects number of workers that have stopped working to about 20 from 40) Construction workers in Singapore refuse to work, demand pay. (Photo courtesy of Andrew Loh) Some Indian construction workers in Yishun stopped working on Tuesday, joining colleagues from China who put down their tools a month... 

Everyone acknowledges that education is important for survival and getting good jobs but where do we draw the line as to how much education is enough to survive in a world that is constantly changing and where carbon copies of graduates are just numbers in workforce statistics? Sure, we have programs, events, projects and CCAs...