If a minority candidate leaves his group representation constituency (GRC), a by-election will not be called, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Chan Chun Sing said in February 2017. That was the response he gave to the opposition Workers’ Party’s…
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The proposal to adopt the Malay language (Bahasa Melayu) as ASEAN’s “main and official language” is a non-starter, and even futile. This call, made by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak in Kuala Lumpur on 26 July 2017, comes after…
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While agreeing with the letter “Spark interest in Mandarin with fun, creative lessons” (July 27), I must add that the teaching process should be simplified. People lose enthusiasm when they find the lessons difficult to understand, and many give up…
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Despite all our gripes and grouches about National Service (and its yearly reservist call-ups) it’s widely regarded as A Good Thing for a variety of reasons: Singapore has too small a population to rely on citizens volunteering for the military, it forces…
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As a child, Mr Suryakenchana Omar would often eavesdrop on his parents speaking in Javanese from his bedroom. “As soon as they realised I was awake, they would switch to Malay,” said the 44-year-old director of a training firm. Mr…
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