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		<title>Every Singaporean really does count</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/every-singaporean-really-does-count/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Siew Kum Hong~ According to the Heritage Foundation, Singapore has the second freest economy in the world (after Hong Kong). But there is one aspect of Singapore that has always felt to me like a command economy: the way the Government tries to calibrate supply and demand in higher education. On 8 February,&#160;the TODAY [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jobs in Singapore – Some interesting data from Labour Force 2011 Report</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/jobs-in-singapore-some-interesting-data-from-labour-force-2011-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by:&#160;Leong Sze Hian~ I refer to the Labour Force 2011 report (see HERE)&#160; Less training? &#8220;Training participation fell in 2011 &#8230;&#8230;. 27% of residents aged 15 to 64 in the labour force participated in job-related structured training during the 12-month period ending June 2011.&#160; This was down from 29% a year ago &#8230;.. fall over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s ideas and people that count</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/its-ideas-and-people-that-count/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by:&#160;Raymond Anthony Fernando~ How much difference can one person make? Imagine the impact of the entire nation working together to improve the community. If you have been to IMH for meetings or attended talks there, you will find the word &#34;KAIZEN&#34; written on one of its rooms. So, what is &#34;Kaizen&#34; and how is it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public consultation on the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/public-consultation-crpd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the following is an event notification: &#8211; In joint partnership, &#160; &#160; Public Consultation on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) You are invited to this public consultation on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD), jointly organised by MARUAH, a three-year-old human rights organisation, and the Disabled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yaw Shin Leong resigns from Workers&#8217; Party leadership</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/yaw-shin-leong-resigns-from-workers-party-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/yaw-shin-leong-resigns-from-workers-party-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the following is a media release by the Workers&#39; Party: CHANGES IN WORKERS&#8217; PARTY LEADERSHIP The Workers&#8217; Party wishes to inform the public that at the monthly&#160;meeting of the Executive Council on Tuesday, 7 February 2012, the&#160;Council accepted the resignation of Yaw Shin Leong from the party&#160;leadership. &#160;Yaw Shin Leong will cease to be Treasurer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why are public sector appointments shrouded in secrecy?</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/why-are-public-sector-appointments-shrouded-in-secrecy/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/why-are-public-sector-appointments-shrouded-in-secrecy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democratic principles should be upheld in the public sector. <b>Rajiv Chaudhry</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>159</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lee&#8217;s vision may be different from what Singaporeans want</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/lky-vision-different-singaporean-wam/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/lky-vision-different-singaporean-wam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by:&#160;Ghui Former Minister Lee Kuan Yew has asserted that Singapore needs more immigrants to boost its population. He has justified this by pointing out that Singaporeans are not reproducing at a rate which can sustain our population. He further alluded to his belief that population shrinkage will &#160;lead to economic stagnation. I have no quarrel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will others emulate Dr Toh?</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/will-others-emulate-dr-toh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Tan Jee Say~ My memories of close encounters with Dr Toh Chin Chye went back 50 years. My eldest sister was his Rochor PAP branch secretary. As a young boy, I used to follow my sister on some of her political activities particularly when the branch office in Queen Street was close to where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SOS Bukit Brown &#8211; sorry to hear Tan Chuan-Jin&#8217;s priorities</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/sos-bukit-brown-sorry-to-hear-tan-chuan-jins-priorities/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/sos-bukit-brown-sorry-to-hear-tan-chuan-jins-priorities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a media release by SOS Bukit Brown in response to Minister of State Tan Chuan-Jin&#8217;s&#160;note&#160;&#39;Bukit Brown&#8230;work in progress&#39;: In response to Minister of State, Mr Tan Chuan-Jin&#8217;s note posted on Friday, 3 February 2012 at 17:42. SOS Bukit Brown stand by the position of our petition and we reiterate the need for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Construction workers strike at Tampines</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/construction-workers-strike-at-tampines/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/construction-workers-strike-at-tampines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Cheong Yaoming UPDATE: The following is a response from Ministry of Manpower on this case: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) was alerted by the Police this morning of an incident involving around 200 work permit holders employed by Sunway Concrete Products (S) Pte Ltd and Techcom Construction &#38; Trading Pte Ltd over unpaid salaries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering Dr Toh Chin Chye</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/remembering-dr-toh-chin-chye/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/remembering-dr-toh-chin-chye/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Dr Wong Wee Nam~ I cannot forget his kind gesture. It was the morning after the 1997 General Election. I had come back at 2 am after the results had been announced that my team had lost. I went straight to bed. At 8 am, the phone rang and woke me up. At the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toh Chin Chye and Lee Kuan Yew were cut from the same cloth</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/toh-chin-chye-and-lee-kuan-yew-were-cut-from-the-same-cloth/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/toh-chin-chye-and-lee-kuan-yew-were-cut-from-the-same-cloth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Ravi Philemon~ With the passing away of Dr Toh Chin Chye, many have come forward to express gratitude for his immense contribution to the country. Some from the opposition and the civil society also have expressed their admiration for him. Mr Chiam See Tong for example paid tribute to him saying, &#34;I admire Dr [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>43</slash:comments>
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		<title>Another &#8216;Singaporeans First&#8217; event by Transitioning</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/another-singaporeans-first-event-by-transitioning/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/another-singaporeans-first-event-by-transitioning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the following is an event notification by transitioning.org: Transitioning.org will be organising&#160;a Singaporean First event at speakers&#8217; corner on&#160;11 Feb (Sat) at 5.30pm. We will be gathering a group of speakers who will speak their minds on issues that&#160;matter to &#160;Singaporeans right now. We will&#160;primarily speak against the high influx of foreigners as their presence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jobs in Singapore &#8211; 54,000 Job vacancies: Really?</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/jobs-in-singapore-54000-job-vacancies-really/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/jobs-in-singapore-54000-job-vacancies-really/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Leong Sze Hian~ About two weeks ago, I gave a talk to a group of about 25 unemployed Professionals, Managers, Engineers and Technicians (PMETs). Many of these PMETs have been unemployed for more than a year. So, when the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) released its Job Vacancies, 2011 Report on 27 January, I decided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s up to students to speak out</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/its-up-to-students-to-speak-up/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/its-up-to-students-to-speak-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Muhammad Farouq Osman~ An American exchange student&#39;s lament about the state of academic freedom and the political culture at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has ruffled more than a few feathers among students here. In an article published in the Yale Daily News, Mr Walker Vincoli launches a stinging critique of student freedom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World wide protests to call on Facebook to leave breastfeeding photos alone</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/world-wide-protests-to-call-on-facebook-to-leave-breastfeeding-photos-alone/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/world-wide-protests-to-call-on-facebook-to-leave-breastfeeding-photos-alone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the following is a media release by Nurse-ins calling on Facebook to leave breastfeeding photos alone: World wide protests to call on Facebook to leave breastfeeding photos alone Daily image deletions and account suspensions continue Facebook has removed 257,000 supporters from the official petition group Protests planned at Facebook offices in Singapore and around the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The PAP &#8211; A victim of its own success</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/the-pap-a-victim-of-its-own-success/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/the-pap-a-victim-of-its-own-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Ghui~ In the 60s and 70s, we believed wholeheartedly in the PAP. They fought for our best interests and we supported them with unstinting devotion. The PAP led us through our separation from Malaysia and saw us through our turbulent years of nation building. We had unwavering faith in the PAP and believed that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In defense of young Singaporean adults</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/in-defense-of-young-singaporean-adults/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/in-defense-of-young-singaporean-adults/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Eugene Lim~ I write in response to &#8220;The young Singaporean adult&#8221; by Ng Kai Ling &#38; Stacey Chia (The Straits Times, Home Section, Page B4, 2 Feb 2012).&#160; The accusations about Singapore youth lacking drive and being unwilling to step out of their comfort zone are overstated and shows a clear distinction between the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Launch of Noise Singapore 2012</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/launch-of-noise-singapore-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Noise Singapore 2012 Festival Showcase begins 16 Feb to 4 Mar 2012 with 3 showcases at 3 different locations throughout Singapore. Below are the listings to the 3 events. All admissions to the events are FREE so do come visit the showcases with your friends, family and loved ones J. Any queries, feel free to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unfounded claims from LTAs train purchases for SMRT</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/unfounded-from-ltas-train-purchase-for-smrt/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/unfounded-from-ltas-train-purchase-for-smrt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Ng Yi Shu~ A recent report detailing the purchase of trains for the North-East Line and Circle Line has got netizens abuzz around allegations of LTA using taxpayer costs to benefit SMRT and SBS Transit, the private train operators. Under the Land Transport Authority&#160;[i] of Singapore Act, the Land Transport Authority has the duty [...]]]></description>
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