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http://iseeithinkiblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/moh-one-error-a-week-in-singapore%e2%80%99s-hospitals/ According to the Ministry of Health, there were 401 hospital errors reported over the past seven years, or about one every week. Public hospitals, with heavier caseloads and more complicated...

http://iseeithinkiblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/%e2%80%9ccooling-off%e2%80%9d-day-for-voters-to-reflect-%e2%80%9ccalmly%e2%80%9d-on-their-decisions-or-for-the-pap-to-do-last-minute-campaigning/ With elections looming around the corner, the ruling party is again making use of the power of its...

http://iseeithinkiblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/immigration-and-public-housing-should-the-govt-or-the-people-plan-ahead/ It is a forte of the PAP government to plan well ahead into the next few decades to chart the future direction and destiny of Singapore. Soon after Prime Minister Lee...

http://iseeithinkiblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/citizenship-test-is-a-red-herring-to-deflect-blame-from-spores-immigration-policy/ When PAP MP Halimah Yacob proposed introducing a citizenship test like some other countries for prospective new citizens, she was not cut down to size by a...

http://iseeithinkiblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/24-hour-%e2%80%9ccooling-off%e2%80%9d-period-at-next-ge/ An extra “cooling-off” day before polling day itself will be introduced at the next General election during which campaigning will not be allowed so that voters can reflect “calmly” on...

http://iseeithinkiblog.wordpress.com/ 29 Nov 2009 Archbishop John Chew urges Anglicans to unite against “alternative values” like homosexuality Singapore’s head of the Anglican Church, Archbishop John Chew has implored his followers to unite against “alternative values” such as...

http://iseeithinkiblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/gan-kim-yong-bonus-for-civil-servants-is-%e2%80%9cmodest%e2%80%9d/ Manpower Minister Mr Gan Kim Yong highlighted the “modest” one-off year-end payment of 0.25 month, capped at S$750 for civil servants as an example for employers to reward...

www.property-report.com Written by Khalil Adis, 2009 has been a roller-coaster ride for Singapore’s private property market and 2010 will be an equally challenging year for the HDB resale market. A topsy-turvy year 2009 has so far been a year of paradox for Singapore’s private property...

A Singaporean by the name of Chia Hern Keng had written to the Straits Times Forum on 27 November 2009 urging the government to be more open in order to reduce policy errors. Quoting the bilingual and “stop at two” policies as examples, Mr Chia wondered why the policy errors were not detected...

1 country 2 system?! :mad: Two similar cases of appeal was heard by High Court judge Justice Lee Seiu Kin yesterday with two different results. While a Japanese national was successful in his appeal against imprisonment for assaulting a cabby, a Singaporean was jailed a month for kicking a...

SITEX IT Exhibition at Singapore EXPO Date: 26 – 29 November 2009 Time: 11am to 9pm daily NETBOOKS 1. LG X130-L Price: $499 Specs: Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz Processor, Windows XP Home Edition, 10.1 LED LCD, Wireless LAN, 160 GB HDD, 6 Cell Battery Free Gifts: LG Slip case and LG...

The top student in this year’s Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) is a China national Qiu Biqing, 13, from Qifa Primary School, who achieved an aggregate score of 290, with four A*s and a Distinction in Higher Chinese. She could barely speak any English when she moved here from China...

Singapore’s ministers will receive less pay this year with Singapore just emerging from one of its worse recessions in recent years. Even after the wage reduction, their salaries are still among the highest in the world. The annual take home pay of top civil servants will fall by up to 22 per...

Though it is a working day today, there is a already huge turnout at Sitex in the morning. The 4-day consumer IT exhibition is held at the Singapore EXPO Halls 5 and 6 from 26 to 29 November 2009 beween 11am and 9pm daily.a When arrived at 11.10am in the morning, the car parks a Halls 5 and 6...

Singapore Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong has become the first Asian jurist to be given the International Jurists Award by the International Council of Jurists (ICJ) for outstanding contribution in the area of administration of justice on Saturday, 21 November 2009. The award was presented to...