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The Zhang Yuan Yuan fiasco has aroused a lot of criticism from the official media against Singaporeans.  Singaporeans have been "corrected" in their misguided ignorance that Zhang is actually a citizen of PRC and not Singapore and hence it is alright for her to display allegience to her country, and that the criticism against... 

I refer to Tuesday's (27 October) Straits Times article "More cars, so public transport trips down". I find it puzzling that the local public transport community cannot comprehend the reasons behind this seemingly ridiculous trend in our "dense but well-orchestrated" public transport system. Let me summarise the available reasons... 

I refer to the Oct 22, 2009 article “'Adviser over MP' raises many questions” by Sue-Ann Chia.  I agree with Ms Chia that by appointing PAP candidates in the opposition-held wards as grassroots advisers, the government not only perpetrates an anomaly in parliamentary democracy, as the Member of Parliament, being the mandated...