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 2004
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| We will
continue to expand the space which
Singaporeans have to live, to laugh, to
grow and to be ourselves. Our people
should feel free to express diverse views,
pursue unconventional ideas, or simply be
different. We should have the confidence
to engage in robust debate, so as to
understand our problems, conceive fresh
solutions and open up new spaces. |
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Prime
Minister Lee Hsien Loong's swearing-in speech |
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Sheikh
Haikel fired from DJ job at Perfect 10 |
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Sheikh
Haikel has been fired from his DJ job at MediaCorp
Radio's Perfect 10. In a letter
to the Straits Times Forum Page, a listener
complained about comments he made on the show in
July 2004. On 10 Aug 2004, the Media Development
Authority said the incident breached the Radio
Programme Code. |
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Source:
Straits Times 13 Aug 2004 (L2) |
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- Prime
Minister Designate Lee Hsien Loong names new Cabinet
- Prime
Minister Goh submits resignation
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Prime
Minister Goh's last National Day Message |
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"I
had benefited from how Singapore was run.
Like many of my generation, my family could
not afford to send me to university.
I went through university on a government
bursary. I advanced in my career because Singapore
was not run on the basis of race, family connections
or money, but on equal opportunities and merit....." |
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Majority
of Singaporeans trying to lose weight |
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About 80
per cent of 537 Singaporeans polled in a recent
survey by AC Nielsen in May 2004 said they were
trying to lose weight. 45 per cent said they
considered themselves overweight. |
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The
survey polled 9,500 people in 13 countries in Asia
Pacific. |
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Source:
Straits Times 5 Aug 2004 (L3) |
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- Monday
with the Editor: National Day Ponderings
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Your
generation and mine: Which is luckier? |
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How
you make use of your advantages and
opportunities will determine whether you can
in 30 years time conclude, like I am now
able to conclude, that we are luckier than
our parents. |
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- Monday
with the Editor: Singaporeans sporting foreign accents
- Statistics
on Divorces 2003
- Statistics
on Marriages 2003
- Monday
with the Editor: Churning out better behaved Singaporeans
- Monday
with the Editor: Invasion
of the China dolls
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Excerpt from speech by Mr Ng
Eng Hen, Acting Minister for Manpower and Minister
of State for Education on 7 Jun 2004. |
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From now to Singapore
in 2040 |
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Looking ahead, what can
you expect of Singapore and the world? Here’s a quick peek at the
milestones towards our future. |
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Changes
to Citizenship Laws from 15 May 2004 |
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With
the changes to the Constitution, the grant of
citizenship by descent will now be gender neutral.
Singapore citizens, be they male or female, will
be allowed to pass on citizenship by descent to
their foreign-born child. |
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Draft human cloning & other prohibited
practices bill
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Excerpt
from DPM Lee Hsien Loong's speech at NTU Student
Union Forum on 5 Apr 2004 |
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Singapore
Students' Hopes, Fears & Dreams |
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"As the third generation of
Singapore step out of school and into society,
what do you dream to accomplish? How bold is your
dream? How hard will you work towards it?
If you are totally focussed on
your studies or other pre-occupations, then
perhaps you are sleeping, but not dreaming. It is
time for you to wake up and dream. The course in
life that you are about to enrol in has no
syllabus, examinations or grades. You make your
own syllabus and assess yourself along the way.
You may learn your grades only in old age, or
maybe after you your children will find out how
well you have done." |
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- Monday
with the Editor: Better safe than sorry on our MRT trains
- Minister
proposes roadmap for building next Singaporean generation
- Monday
with the Editor: Of porn VCDs and the schoolboy
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Excerpt
from PM Goh Chok Tong's interview on CNN programme TALKASIA
on 24 Jan 2004 |
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Q: "Under
your leadership, Singapore has sort of loosened
up. You know, we're hearing of homosexuals allowed
in Civil Service, we hear of bar-top dancing in
some areas of Singapore, which I haven't seen yet.
How do you balance this sort of loosening up of
Singapore but still maintain the order?"
Mr Goh:
"Law and order will always be very important
for Singapore. And I believe that you've got to
have some regulations in order that society can
function smoothly. But at the same time, as people
grow up, they want more freedom. On an individual
basis, children want to have more freedom. You've
got to allow that. So, how do you balance it? I
would say - let it evolve, move as quickly or as
slowly as people would like to move." |
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Monday
with the Ediitor: Firecrackers reappear after 30 years
2003 -
Monday
with the Editor: Declining Birth rate
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Monday
with the Editor: Public display of private parts
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Monday
with the Editor: Lessons from POW training
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Monday
with the Editor: Replay of Everitt Road saga elsewhere
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Monday
with the Editor: Different Brews -
PM
Goh's speech: Moving Forward -
Monday
with the Editor: Of students and video recordings -
PM
Goh Chok Tong: Remaking Singapore -
Monday
with the Editor: Loosening
the reins |
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