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Ms Han Hui Hui The Straits Times (ST) published an article (‘Blogger withdraws stat board challenge’) on 9 October 2013 regarding the court case between the Council of Private Education (CPE), a statutory board, and 21-year-old student Han Hui Hui. CPE had threatened Ms Han with defamation proceedings through their lawyers,... 

A reader notified TRE of a discriminatory job advertisement on 11 October 2013, which sought PRs or PEP visa holders to fill an Art Director's position in British company FST ('British firm looking for PRs, PEP visa holders only'). The ad was published on jobsdb.com. The reader, a retrenched Singaporean PME, said, "Was browsing... 

PM Lee Hsien Loong Speaking at the official opening of the NUS University Town yesterday (17 Oct), PM Lee said experiences in other countries have shown that having a large proportion of students going to university "doesn't necessarily guarantee happy outcomes". He then cited South Korea, which has a university participation...