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TR Emeritus was alerted to a story on the internet by one of our reader 'BK'. It is a story about what a country means and what it is like to be a citizen of a country that looks after its own. Please read the reproduced article below and draw your own conclusion. How a country prioritizes the needs and rights of its individual... 

Phey in the 70s Former NTUC president and People' Action Party (PAP) Member of Parliament (MP) Phey Yew Kok, has been sentenced to 5 years (60 months) imprisonment today (22 Jan). The 81-year-old pleaded guilty to 12 charges, including 10 counts of criminal breach of trust amounting to S$243,877.60, one count of abetting the... 

Singapore moved up one spot to 74th place in the recently released Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)'s 2015 Democracy Index. When the index was first launched in 2006, Singapore was labelled a “hybrid regime” but has since progressively improved to be considered a “flawed democracy” last year. The index considers...