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The Secretary-General of the National Solidarity Party Goh Meng Seng has stepped down from his post and will not be contesting for a seat in the NSP Central Executive Committee. In a posting on his blog, Mr Goh wrote: "I will go into partisan political sabbatical for at least two years." While he did not elaborate more on what... 

AFP, 24 June 2011 Hong Kong on Friday announced a sharply reduced quota for mainland Chinese women allowed to give birth in its public hospitals, as it struggles to cope with the tens of thousands arriving yearly. "There is a surge of demand for Hong Kong's obstetric services by non-local residents, in particular mainland women,... 

Straits Times, 25 June 2011 EVEN as all three presidential hopefuls distance themselves from the ruling People's Action Party (PAP), many Singaporeans said yesterday that party association was not critical in the presidential race. Instead, they said they would look harder at each candidate's character, experience and competence,...