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Thanks to Straits Times, all of Singapore now knows that Dr Lee Bee Wah lost and subsequently found her pet dog. In messages on her facebook, Dr Lee says "She (the dog) loved to wander out of the house. Whenever the gate is open, she will sneak out, but every time she will come back after a short while. Yesterday, as usual... 

Data for the first quarter of this year showed a substantial increase in the number of foreign buyers of private homes ("Foreign buyers keen on private homes again"; April 23). In absolute terms, the number of foreign purchases - 523 in the first quarter - was 40 per cent higher than the 373 recorded in the same period a... 

This is a letter from the public published on Zaobao's forum page on 7 May: 洪比琳 今年A水准成绩放榜，小女儿的成绩非常优异，考到了八个A，包括H2和H3。与家人商量后，女儿决定报考新加坡国立大学法律系。不料，我们却在5月初接到通知，她竟然不被国大法律系录取！小女儿在初级学院就读期间，除了成绩优异外，也积极参加课外活动，深得老师好评。此外，她晚上也经常到居民委员会等基层组织义务帮忙。由此可见，她具有全面发展的潜能。　　对于国大法律系为什么会把这样土生土长，又有实力的年轻人拒之门外，我们实在是想不通。为了让女儿学习她所喜爱的法律，我们决定把她送到英国留学。在阻隔了本地优秀人才在本国大学升学之路的同时，国立大学却给外国留学生保留了学额，真让人感到失望和伤心！希望新加坡国立大学能够对此给一个说法。 Rough...