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PM's concession was written way before vote outcome, when they thought at worst it would be a close loss. They'll want to "forget" about this sorry loss. Or at least not remind people of it in the future. George Yeo may not easily recover from being the Minister that lost the first big GRC...

They had control of calling election whenever they liked... But they misjudged so many things. With all their brain power, economic power, media power ... Bring in PM to talk for an hour. All useless. And the loss was not even a narrow one. Managing the economy, education system, country should...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46EgcFWkr7Y

He forgot to congratulate the winner.

Re: Zorro: Equal pay for equal work will cause discrepancies, unhappiness, unfairness This policy is very silly and short-term. They think they'll please Singaporeans. But they've institutionalized low wage for foreigners, making them more attractive to hire. This will eventually depress...

One is an ordinary MP. The other is Speaker of Parliament. A higher standard should be expected. Still disappointing.

This isn't even an issue of giving Lu a second chance. It is about giving him a 4th or 5th or 6th chance. The defense given by the NUH authorities in this case show their absolute power here. They call all the shots and have the power to bestow great mercy if they like. On the other hand, I know...

I'm sure people know of top Singapore students who were rejected from NUS medical school. Yet, now they admit all sorts of people as senior doctors. And promote them fast too. Is there really so little Singaporean talent from all those other top students and Presidents scholars who entered NUS...

Singapore needs to loosen up it's education system and let kids find what they really like and then support them to excel. Not focus only on tests and exams, forced to do a few "key" sports or study areas planned by the government to be most economically important. Singapore should nurture it's...

The "fold up" language is very dramatic for a cultured person like LKY. But it does reflect the true feelings of intense frustration with crowding, costs, pressure, that drops the fertility rate. They can solve by slaughtering sacred cows - halt immigration, allow population to drop, economy...

Won't it be easy to pull out her exam papers and see if they were a) marked by this prof, b) if her exam performance deserved the grade given ?

This is a person who is ill. The doc said so and is right. Unfortunately, his letter did not detail the agreement between patient, him and law society that makes it necessary for the doc to report to the Law Soc when he finds the patient has relasped. In retrospect, this might have made it...

The agreement between law soc, patient and doc that doc must report any assessment of relapse is key. If KJ knew about it, and still released the confidential report etc, then he's wrong. Similarly, TOC.

From the information from ST (and left out in TOC/ TRE), it seems the good doc was required to provide his assessment to the law society. This was under a previous agreement between the patient, doc and the law soc. If this is true, then there is no breach of confidentiality and no case against...

Something fishy here. The duty of a doctor to warn is when there is danger. This is usually physical danger to self (eg suicidal) or danger to others. If a surgeon is unprofessional, he can kill a patient. Now, a lawyer who is "unprofessional" and arguing in front of a judge ... who is he...

The dentist's malpractice insurance should cover the suit. They'll get their lawyers to thrash it out with Roger's. The American may have miscalculated to think Singapore courts will readily rule in his favour. Not a jury system here. Medical lawsuits is one major reason US healthcare system is...

If one looks at life in terms of number of dollars made, national day awards, GLC directorships, club memberships, fast cars, nice home in Sentosa, fancy holidays abroad, then Dr Lim hasn't gone far there. He probably could have had it if he craved for it like other folk. But it seems he was...

I do not think SCDF sends emergencies to pvt hospitals. The general hospitals (eg SGH, TTSH, NUH) have fully staffed A&E 24hr. Consultant A&E specialists, specialized nurses, police post 24hr. They also have a full range of junior specialists from almost every discipline somewhere in the...

Indeed, unlike in many other Western countries, the proportion of people aspiring "to be" may be quite low in SG. It's a problem coming from our dense population (where one will very quickly see and feel your neighbours wealth relative to yours). Our politician role models, let alone the media/...

It's the law of nature to compete. Animals show off how fit and strong they are in many ways, just as humans do. In a very densely populated SG, it's worse since everybody is so close by and everyone knows everyone else. If you don't keep up materially, you will feel terrible. The pain of being...