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The basic pitch of those promoting population growth is straightforward in its appeal: "More is better." Joseph Chamie, who has spent a lifelong career as a demographer, including 12 years of service as the director of the United Nations Population Division, finds that more is not necessarily better. Bernie Madoff's recent...
NCMP Lina Chiam’s question discovers more new citizens last year?
NCMP Mrs Lina Chiam asked the following question in Parliament in May this year: PERSONS GRANTED SINGAPORE CITIZENSHIP (BREAKDOWN IN FIGURES FOR PRS AND FOREIGNERS) Mrs Lina Chiam asked the Prime Minister of the number of persons granted Singapore citizenship annually from 1980 to 2011, what are the annual breakdown figures...
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The termination of Amy Cheong, an assistant director at the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), for a blatantly racist comment on Facebook is ill-advised. On Sunday last, Ms Cheong commented unfavourably on the noise issuing from a Malay wedding held at an HDB void deck. In making her point, she uttered some very unforgiving...
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