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12月31日媒体报道，国际调查机构盖洛普（Gallup）公布的调查结果显示，约1%新加坡人认为房地产价格超出他们的负担能力，这个比例是接受调查的128个国家及地区当中最低的。换句话说，盖洛普的调查告诉我们，新加坡99% 的国人都负担得起房地产的价格。 如果盖洛普公布的1%这个数据是涵盖整个新加坡的国民，那这项调查，显然是不“准确”的。我国目前的人口，公民人数约320多万，永久居民53万多人。两者的总数约373万多人。 因此，1%的人民负担不起的话，不到3万8000人。如果每个家庭平均只有4个成员的话，那只有9500个家庭买不起房子。这个调查数据与我们的国情明显的有很大的出入。套句目前流行话语“被低估”了。 我国虽然早在上个世纪六十年代中期推出“居者有其屋”... 

I came across this blog (URL http://shih.blogspot.com/2005/02/how-i-ended-up-in-kl_07.html ) which a blogger by the name of Leesh wrote about his experiences in legally evading NS (National Service). NS was military conscription or its equivalent in the Police and Civil Defence for male citizens and SPRs (Singapore Permanent... 

Take a can of Coke, shake it and then open it. Now try to put the fizz back into the can. That's what the PAP is trying to do with politics in Singapore. Its recent effort to rein in activists is evidence that the regime is trying to roll back time and take Singapore back to the era where it had complete control of the political...