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As a quitter for 8 years now, I hardly keep up with news from the home much. However I was back recently for 3 weeks and I was surprised by the number of floods, in July! Now, I remember the floods when I was a kid, but that was over 20 years ago, and far as I can remember, there was no major floods in the years before I left. I... 

作者:冀居·谢 新加坡政府向来不允许以政治课题进行民意调查，不能因为跛脚马跑了就来对黄根成的声望进行调查，或者以乌节路淹水来调查对李显龙内阁的施政满意度。 但是这个政府近来却很爱通过一些貌似中立的机构，如报业控股或政策研究院来进行非政治性的民调，以巩固自己仍是最受欢迎的这种假象，实在有够伪善。 像政策研究院这种至少还懂得扮清高，而早报这班二丑就真的很不要脸，竟然写出《珍惜得来不易的民气》这类马屁文章，老实说他们不是帮忙，是在帮倒忙，把公仔画出肠就连遮羞布也没有了。 『总体而言，国人对新加坡的国家认同感和政治参与感是强烈的，97%表示“我爱新加坡”；93%认为“新加坡比大多数国家都好”；93%“以新加坡经济成就为荣”；88%表示“即使在国外担任高薪工作，仍会保留新加坡国籍”。』... 

I am not sure if I should thank this guy named Alan Shadrake or not. Because of his book, A Jolly Hangman, which I have not read, the death penalty is suddenly shoved to the forefront of public awareness, a la storm in a tea cup. After so many years in the doldrums, if you ask any Singaporean, they will tell you unequivocally...