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By Bhaskaran Kunju There has been much deliberation over the status of Dr Silviu Ionescu, the Romanian diplomat who’s still a suspect in the hit and run case on December 15, which has already claimed the life of one victim. The amount of immunity a diplomat receives is outlined in two different multilateral treaties, the 1961... 

OPINION Singapore Law Minister K Shanmugam wrote a lengthy commentary in the PAP magazine Petir lately on the need to introduce some form of "political education" in Singapore schools to enable our students to make an "informed" choice on the type of political system which best suits Singapore. Mr Shanmugam expressed his concerns... 

作者：李明旭 (3-12-2009) 这两个星期来，我的注意力被吸引到“新加坡的双语政策与华文教育”的问题上来，原因是11月17日李光耀资政在为新加坡华文教研中心主持开幕式时发表演说， 公开承认新加坡自1966年来所推行的双语政策失败了，他认为错误在于不了解讲英语家庭的家长和孩童的心理，以为通过死记硬背的方法就能学好华文。他...