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• Foreigners school fee hike: Economic implications

  
  Blowin' In The Wind — Authority: 428
  The Singapore government is taking affirmative action to favour Singaporeans over foreigners and permanent residents, who will have to pay more for their childrens education from 2011. A lot more if you look at the Ministry of Educations new fees chart.   I wont be surprised if foreigners and permanent ...
  3 days ago

• PM Lee addresses Govt’s position on climate change

  
  The Online Citizen — Authority: 595
  On the last day of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference (COP15), the ECO Singapore delegation finally met PM Lee Hsien Loong for a short interactive session. In this 2-part video, PM Lee clarified the government’s position at COP15, domestic policies related to climate change and and whether Singapore will take ...
  5 days ago

• The ability of countries to reduce their emissions will vary, says PM Lee

  
  The Online Citizen — Authority: 595
  This is Singapore’s national statement to the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, delivered by PM Lee to the international community. Lee Hsien Loong Mr President First, I wish to thank you and the Government and People of the Kingdom of Denmark for the gracious hospitality extended to us. Climate change ...
  1 week ago

• Singapore PM Lee urges big emissions cuts

  
  Blowin' In The Wind — Authority: 428
  Here is the full text of Singapores Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loongs speech at the Copenhagen climate summit. He urged developed nations to announce significant emissions cuts, reports Singapores Channel NewsAsia , adding he was "addressing hundreds of political leaders in the Danish capital". The following full ...
  1 week ago

• Milestones for some, millstones for others

  
  iPrissy.com — Authority: 139
  1969: Second language becomes a compulsory paper in the GCE O-level examination. 1973: Double weighting applies to second language at the Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE), equal to first language. 1979: An Education Ministry report by then Deputy Prime Minister Goh Keng Swee and his team recognises that ...
  3 weeks ago

• Was Chinese wrongly taught for 30 years?

  
  iPrissy.com — Authority: 139
  By Clarissa Oon & Kor Kian Beng FOR Chinese Singaporeans who had struggled with their mother tongue in school, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew’s recent remarks that bilingual education had proceeded on the wrong assumptions for 30 years were a breath of fresh air. One of those who felt vindicated was Mr Andrew ...
  3 weeks ago

• Govt to reaffirm bilingual policy

  
  The Online Citizen — Authority: 595
  To put it very simply, we are affirming our bilingualism policy. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Related Posts MM Lee’s admission – a good time for govt to reflect on policy Govt in no position to guarantee what is safe, says PM Lee Are childcare centres exploiting govt schemes?
  3 weeks ago

• Blogger says he will not observe “cooling-off” period

  
  The Online Citizen — Authority: 595
  Andrew Loh “I will let everyone know right now that I will not only post news reports but also my political opinions on my blog on the day before, and on the “cooling-off” day itself,” blogger and activist, Mr Seelan Palay says on his blog here. “I will post images and logos of the political parties ...
  3 weeks ago

• Cooling-off…. into a deep freeze

  
  The Online Citizen — Authority: 595
  [Elections] in Singapore are already devoid of any heat. Any more cooling and the elections will go into deep freeze, sending voters into hibernation. Singapore Democratic Party Related Posts PM Lee proposes “24-hour cooling-off” period before Polling Day Government fees freeze doesn’t address ...
  3 weeks ago

• PM Lee proposes “24-hour cooling-off” period before Polling Day

  
  The Online Citizen — Authority: 595
  PM Lee proposes that websites should also stop postings on elections during this period. Exception for “news reports”, he says. (See WP’s Low Thia Khiang’s reaction below.) From Channelnewsasia : PORT OF SPAIN: The Singapore government is proposing an extra day of non-campaigning as a cooling-off ...
  3 weeks ago

• Singapore: censorship city

  
  Index on Censorship — Authority: 605
  Ben Bland is the latest journalist to be barred from working in Singapore. Here, he explains the city state’s stranglehold on free expression When Reporters without Borders released its annual press freedom index last month, the Singapore government was not best pleased to find the city-state ranked 133rd out ...
  3 weeks ago

• PM Lee to attend UN climate meet, urges Commonwealth to engage in issue

  
  RaymondTeo.com | Investing Ideas, Stock Market News, Forex Trading — Authority: 131
  TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday urged members to actively engage in the issue of climate change at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Trinidad and Tobago. The Commonwealth gathering is the last international meeting before the Copenhagen summit next month. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Singapore and partners: Pay and performance

  
  Blowin' In The Wind — Authority: 428
  Singapore cabinet ministers and top civil servants will not be getting a pay rise for the second year running in view of the uncertain economic recovery, reports the Straits Times . That reminds me of a recent article praising Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Singapore. Ramzy Baroud, an Arab American author ...
  4 weeks ago

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