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The Nanyang Technological University professor who was stabbed by a final year student earlier this month has broken his silence to respond to vicious talk on the Internet. In an exclusive interview with The New Paper, Associate Professor Chan Kap Lup, 45, who teaches in NTU's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,... 

Translated by Tan Lee Chong, Chinese Correspondent (Original article by Fang Zhi Yuan and Lim Siow Kuan here) 2008年８月ｌ５日的TODAY报纸发表了一篇访问文章，李资政使用他的古典恐慌战术谏阻新加坡人去支持反对党： “他们说，啊，让我们拥有多党政治。让我们更换另外一个党，由它去负责组织政府。事情是否那么简单的呢？您投票选了一个三等级政府，而不是一等级政府，在三，四年之内整体经济将会衰退。我们便完蛋了”。 多数受过教育的年轻新加坡人反驳了他的见解是怪论，但是许多保守的中年选民害怕政治大变动会跟随着政府的更换，这可能对他们的生计带来损伤的冲击，于是他们被李资政的言词说服而继续支持人民行动党... 

Prologue: The unfortunate passing of Dr Allan Ooi out of sheer frustration and utter despair over his scholarship bond had opened a Pandora's box, throwing up more questions on the scholarship system in Singapore. Young, promising and academically gifted Singaporeans are often offered prestigious government scholarships to sponsor...