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Muhamad Faisal’s speech on the population White Paper

ENGLISH PART I Mdm Speaker, The Singapore pledge is an oath of allegiance to this nation. My eldest son and my second son together with many other students across the island recite the pledge every morning. They end off with the following creed, “to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our nation.” Members of this...

NSP’s statement on the Internal Security Act

Powers of preventive detention may be given to the Executive but only to pre-empt and disrupt terrorist activities and subject to safeguards preventing misuse of such powers. The Internal Security Act, Cap. 143 (ISA) does not contain the necessary safeguards. It should be abolished and replaced by terrorism-specific legislation. The...

SingTel to Sell Stake in Loss-Making Warid Telecom of Pakistan

Fox Business- January 29, 2013 SingTel said in a statement that it will take an estimated loss of about 230 million Singapore dollars (US$186 million) on the transaction. SingTel had been looking to sell the stake in the loss-making company since July when it reclassified Warid as an 'asset held for sale' and ceased accounting...