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Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say with his famous toothpick (Photo: ST) On 12 July, a Straits Times (ST) reader wrote to ST Forum proposing that the Ministry of Manpower (MOM applies tests to weed out sub-standard FTs applying to work in Singapore ('Tests can weed out foreign PMEs with fake degrees'). He also hoped that Manpower... 

PM Lee At the launch of an exhibition on Wednesday (15 Jul) to mark the Straits Times' 170th birthday, PM Lee praised ST for reporting news reliably and objectively over the years. He said that ST has reported many important events in Singapore, the region and the world, noting in particular that ST covered Singapore as the... 

The Auditor-General’s Office (AGO) has just released its report for the Financial Year 2014/15 [Link]. It was submitted to President Tony Tan on 1 July 2015. In its report, AGO said it has found lapses in the Temasek Polytechnic (TP)’s evaluation of and approval for its investments in bonds. As at 31 March 2014, TP had invested...