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By Bhaskaran K, Singapore Enquirer The system of Non-Constituency Members of Parliament (NCMPs) was initially instated in 1984 and was largely seen as a knee-jerk reaction to the unexpected victory of the Worker’s Party’s J.B. Jeyaratnam (JBJ) in the Anson by-elections of 1981. It marked the PAP’s first defeat post-independence... 

By James Chin from The Malaysian Insider It’s amazing the amount of press coverage, especially in the Chinese press, devoted to the visit of Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor of Singapore. In the past 48 hours, even former PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad got into the act by posting on his blog some, shall we say — nasty — comments... 

From Malaysiakini The World Health Organisation today declared as pandemic the outbreak of the A(H1N1) influenza, raising its alert to the maximum level six. The crisis has escalated into the world's first influenza pandemic in 40 years after infecting tens of thousands of people in 74 countries. WHO director general Margaret...