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美国非政府组织自由之家今天公布2011年世界自由报告（Freedom in the World 2011）时，批评中国等极权国家过去1年以更为厚颜无耻的手段钳制政治权利与公民自由。 自由之家（Freedom House）研究部门主任普丁顿（Arch Puddington）指出，「不当对待人民的国家，通常也很畏惧人民的力量」，「但其他国家越是不愿出面制止，专制政权越会变本加厉地压制国内的批评反对」。 自由之家点名的侵犯权利与自由事件包括：中国抵制异议人士刘晓波领取诺贝尔和平奖；委内瑞拉总统查维斯（Hugo... 

Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong seems to think his party is smarter than the governments of Hong Kong and Taiwan, two countries which have adopted minimum wage policy to address the wage gap disparity. If they are so smart, how did the Singapore government's official estimate of a $3 billion deficit end up as a $6 billion surplus?... 

The total resident population of Singapore is almost 3.7 million. It grew 15.2%  between 2000 and 2010 largely due the massive influx of foreign workers. The latest number of foreigners who have been granted PR status is 541,302. The Chinese population grew 11.2%, Malays by 10.7%, Indians by 35% while Others grew by 171%. It...