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OPINION The "cooling-off" day proposed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to be introduced in the next election has stirred considerable interest in blogosphere with many netizens wondering how the new law will be enforced in cyberspace. All mass rallies, door-to-door visits and public display of party symbols will be banned... 

By Kevin Lee Earlier this decade, PM Lee Hsien Loong & the PAP faced a problem with Singapore's population economics. With the country's fertility rate way below the replacement rate of 2.1, Singaporeans were not making enough babies to replace themselves. The potential burden of this phenomenon was obvious - amongst other... 

作者:李卖蚬 根据早报的报道： 【在解释决定在投票日之前增设“冷静日”的理由时，李总理表示这么做的最大作用在于让选民能够从激动的情绪中冷静下来，经过深思熟虑后才投下神圣的一票。 "我们认为这个做法本身有一定的好处。因为在经过激动和情绪化的竞选活动之后，选民应该有时间冷静下来，理性地思考竞选期间所出现的各种政见和课题，分析当中同个人攸关的利害关系，然后才带着沉着和清醒的思路去投票。"...