Yesterday (16 Apr), TRE published a story about an Indian national turned Singaporean, Nisha Padmanabhan, who is employed by IDA (‘IDA defends staff who obtained MBA from degree mill‘). As it turns out, the MBA that Ms Padmanabhan obtained was from…
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Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Singaporeans of all races and religions are able to live peacefully side by side despite the fact that the country’s racial and religious harmony is an “unusual and unnatural state of affairs”. Mr Lee…
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In the wake of the arrest of three Singaporeans for various offencesallegedly committed during a Thaipusam procession on Feb 3, the Attorney-General’s Chambers on Wednesday (Feb 11) issued a reminder warning against public comments, including on the Internet, as such…
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There has been a lot of talk recently about making Thaipusam – an annual Hindu festival event celebrated by the Tamil community here – a public holiday. We have four races here and though Deepavali is celebrated as a public…
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Today’s Straits Times report on the arrest of the three Indians involved in the scuffle during Thaipusam stated that one of the Indians “insulted the police officer’s religion, Islam” during the confrontation. This had been denied by the Indian in…
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