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新加坡主流媒体借美国拥枪自由酿成的悲剧，撰文谴责个人自由，尤其是言论自由，进而指出有必要制定‘诽谤法，藐视法庭法，煽动法等之类的律法，来界定个人的言论自由。这种法律的界定，不能被曲解为给言论自由设置障碍。’ 这是一起疯子杀人事件，和拥枪自由没有必然的因果关系，市面上有许多其他的杀人利器可供选择。精神失常的行为和个人自由也没有关系，和言论自由更是风马牛不相及。 这种官方言论的表面论述，实质上，脱离新加坡的社会现实，更是扭曲了界定社会自由的基本原则。 先看看，论述是如何的脱离社会现实： ‘虽然新加坡人没有这一美国人载于宪法的自由，但我们换来的是良好的社会治安。…交换（trade... 

Prof Tey The headline reads “NUS law professor faces corruption charges”. Sounds reassuring right? Especially in the light of recent judicial outcomes such as a mere $1,000 fine for a prominent plastic surgeon who had asked an old and vulnerable employee to take the rap for not one but two speeding offences and an SPH editor... 

Dear Prime Minister, DUCK & HiPPO family need help. We hope by posting our letter here in our blog, it can somehow reach you. We have lost the River operating license to Global Yellow Pages Pte Ltd in the recent URA tender. We think there are lapses in the procurement process and are writing to the highest office for a review. It...