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WP position on filling NCMP position sound

WP position on filling NCMP position sound

I refer to the 30 Jan 2016 Straits Times report "Party's transfer of vacant seat a political manouevre: PAP MPs". Spirit of NCMP scheme While the spirit of the NCMP scheme is to offer a seat in parliament to the best performing opposition candidate who lost, performance is relative. All else being equal, opposition performance... 

A*STAR, unlucky or accident-prone?

A*STAR, unlucky or accident-prone?

Is there anything wrong with the way A*Star selects scholars? I mean we have had the very entitled scholar Eng. And now we hear that ex-A^Star scholar Ouyang Xiangyu admitted putting toxic substances (i.e. mildly poisonous substances) in the water bottles of two lab mates. But she never had any personal issues with them and... 

Debunking the Singaporean Success Myth

Debunking the Singaporean Success Myth

One myth we have been constantly told is how Singapura was an idyllic fishing village, a lazy sea port, a malaria infested swampland until the PAP took over. Singapura was supposed to be a failed economy if not for the ingenuity and hard work of Kuan Yew and his comrades. Let us note that Singapura has been a centre for maritime... 



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