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		<title>It’s ideas and people that count</title>
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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>Thaipusam 2012: A photostory</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Cheong Yaoming and Ng Yi Shu~ Thousands of Hindu devotees attended the annual Thaipusam festival at Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple yesterday to honour and give thanks to the Hindu god Lord Murugan by carrying kavadi. It is a form of tribute in terms of physical burden and pain. When asked of the significance of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SOS Bukit Brown &#8211; sorry to hear Tan Chuan-Jin&#8217;s priorities</title>
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		<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>In defense of young Singaporean adults</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/in-defense-of-young-singaporean-adults/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Conversations on mandatory death penalty must be based on facts</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/conversations-on-mandatory-death-penalty-must-be-based-on-facts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Ravi Philemon~ On 1 February 2012, I wrote an article for TOC titled, &#39;Death penalty has contributed to low rates of drug use? Where&#39;s the proof?&#39;. In that article I had said: I refer to the&#160;Law Ministry&#39;s media release&#160;refuting Human Rights Watch&#39;s (HRW) country report for Singapore. In its media release the Law Ministry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urbanisation contributes the most to worsening flood conditions</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/urbanisation-contributes-most-to-worsening-flood-conditions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: C L Cheong~ In the article posted on TOC on January 19, I have attempted to provide, and to share, a perspective of flood problems.&#160; To recap, there are several fundamental aspects to it.&#160; First, floods are caused by two types of heavy storms with different characteristics, one giving rise to localized flash floods [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death penalty has contributed to low rates of drug use? Where&#8217;s the proof?</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/02/death-penalty-low-rates-drug-use-wheres-proof/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Ravi Philemon~ I refer to the&#160;Law Ministry&#39;s media release&#160;refuting Human Rights Watch&#39;s (HRW) country report for Singapore. In its media release the Law Ministry said, &#34; HRW also made false assertions. For example, contrary to assertions in its news article1, capital punishment is not prohibited by international law&#34;. Although I did not find that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unfair discrimination of Malays in National Service</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/01/unfair-discrimination-of-malays-in-national-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Shiwen Yap~ It is past time to seriously reconsider the treatment of Malays in the SAF and National Service in general. While potential enemies in the form of Malaysia and Indonesia are both Islamic, I would like to state a simple truth: bullets do not care what creed or race you are, they harm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selective prosecution? Re-open the decision upholding the Vui Kong&#8217;s conviction</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/01/selective-prosecution-re-open-decision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Damien Chng~ A Criminal Motion has been filed in the Court of Appeal today on behalf of Yong Vui Kong. The motion challenges the constitutionality of the prosecution&#8217;s decision to charge Vui Kong with a crime that attracts the mandatory death penalty while withdrawing previous charges made against Vui Kong&#8217;s &#8216;boss&#8217;, Chia Choon Leng. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethnic based self-help system &#8211; broken?</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/01/ethnic-based-self-help-system-broken/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Muhammad Fadli~ The recent news that a man was caught stealing $32 from a mosque for food for himself and his wheelchair bound mother has raised many sentiments. The most pressing is of course the fate of the mother. With her son behind bars, it is urgent that she gets the help she needs. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More than 150 overseas appeals to spare Yong Vui Kong</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/01/more-than-150-overseas-appeals-to-spare-yong-vui-kong/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/01/more-than-150-overseas-appeals-to-spare-yong-vui-kong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Joshua Chiang~ Following an event at Speakers&#8217; Corner last Sunday to mark Yong Vui Kong&#8217;s 24th birthday, TOC has received more than 150 overseas letters &#8211; mainly from Germany, the United Kingdom, France as well as Spain &#8211; appealing to President Tony Tan to spare Vui Kong. The emails were also sent to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atiqah’s death sentence set aside!</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/01/atiqah%e2%80%99s-death-sentence-set-aside/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/01/atiqah%e2%80%99s-death-sentence-set-aside/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Kirsten Han~ Today (20 January 2012) we’ve received wonderful news: the Malaysian Court of Appeal has set aside Atiqah’s death sentence, replacing it with 12 years imprisonment. Following reductions and the time that Atiqah has already served, she will have about 5 more years to go before she can be released. Such news doesn’t come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Fundamental Aspects about Floods</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/01/some-fundamental-aspects-about-floods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: C L Cheong~ From time to time a spate of flash floods would trigger off public concern and debate for a while.  While newspaper reports and commentaries on floods tend to be fragmentary in nature, a perspective of the flood problems can be gained by piecing together relevant published information and data on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Child Prostitution, Human Trafficking and Poverty</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/01/child-prostitution-human-trafficking-and-poverty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Ellery Aruldoss~ It was in a packed seminar room in Singapore Management University (SMU) that ONE (SINGAPORE) held its forum on &#8216;Child Prostitution, Human Trafficking and Poverty&#8217;. The atmosphere was one of excitement and anticipation as students, members of civil society groups, SMU faculty and the like filled the room to hear the opinions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t give up on Singapore&#8217;s Special Olympics</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/01/don%e2%80%99t-give-up-on-singapores-special-olympics/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/01/don%e2%80%99t-give-up-on-singapores-special-olympics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Ellery Aruldoss~ Hanako sits comfortably at one end of the sofa, her arms clasped gently in front of her. She answers my questions with sincere enthusiasm, her eyes at times glistening as she recounts her experiences. It isn’t every day I talk to an Olympian, especially one that has earned gold and silver medals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No logic in death &#8211; Happy 24th Birthday Vui Kong</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/01/no-logic-in-death-happy-24th-birthday-vui-kong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The friends of Yong Vui Kong celebrated his 24th birthday at the Speakers&#8217; Corner today. TOC wishes Vui Kong happy birthday as well and request Singapore’s Cabinet to consider granting him his one birthday wish – a second chance at life. The following is a poem by Howard Lee. Howard says that he sends a birthday wish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jolovan Wham: We do this for social justice</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/01/jolovan-wham-we-do-this-for-social-justic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Ellery Aruldoss~ ~picture: AH~ Social work has always taken a backseat in an economically competitive nation like Singapore. But there are certain individuals who make the effort to right social wrongs and seek justice for the marginalized in society. One such prominent individual is Jolovan Wham, Executive Director of the Humanitarian Organisation for Migrant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOC turns 5 &#8211; Congratulatory notes from well-wishers</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/01/toc-five-congratulations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam &#8220;wishes you and members of your organising team the best and success in organising the event.&#8221; &#8220;TOC has come a long way from its humble beginning with a simple mission in mind. The &#8216;gazette&#8217; indirectly helped TOC build a stronger position as a creditable online media. With no doubts, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The boy&#8217;s mother</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/01/the-boys-mother/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article was first published on August 1, 2010. TOC republishes this article to support the call to Singapore&#8217;s Cabinet to grant him his one birthday wish &#8211; a second chance at life. You are also invited to the Speakers&#8217; Corner this Sunday (15 January 2012) at 4pm, to wish &#8216;Happy Birthday to Vui Kong&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The birthday that might not have been</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/01/the-birthday-that-might-not-have-been/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~by: Kirsten Han~ When you’re involved in a death penalty case, you’re always aware of the ticking clock. Time is running out. There might be no tomorrow, no next week, no next year. Life events like birthdays are no longer just one more landmark to celebrate – they’re tinged with sadness and uncertainty, because who [...]]]></description>
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