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	<title>TOC News &#187; Citizen Speak</title>
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		<title>Energy efficiency: what is NEA&#8217;s role?</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/04/energy-efficiency-what-is-neas-role/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/04/energy-efficiency-what-is-neas-role/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Khairulanwar Zaini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Shawn Lim Global warming and climate change are among two of the major challenges that Singapore faces today. Many studies have shown that the higher concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere, particularly carbon dioxide, is the primary cause of global warming. In Singapore, the primary anthropogenic greenhouse gas emitted is the carbon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The language divide</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/03/the-language-divide/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/03/the-language-divide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Khairulanwar Zaini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<b>Yini Chua</b> writes for greater cultural appreciation among the youth]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>104</slash:comments>
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		<title>Anti-Death Penalty in Singapore</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/03/anti-death-penalty-in-spore/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/03/anti-death-penalty-in-spore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gangasudhan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One reader reflects on the Death Penalty situation in Singapore]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>30 minutes that changed the people&#8217;s lives</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/03/30-mins-changed-peoples-lives/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/03/30-mins-changed-peoples-lives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gangasudhan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reader <b>Ajax Copperwater</b> asks if getting up before dawn every work day is having an adverse effect on our lives]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s fight free speech with free speech</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/03/lets-fight-free-speech-with-free-speech/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/03/lets-fight-free-speech-with-free-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ng E-Jay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Guest writer</em> <b>George Hwang</b> says, in the long-run we need to decide whether to have greater state intervention against such inappropriate remarks (i.e. by Pastor Rony Tan) or change the laws regarding the subject of sexual orientation and gender identity]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Economic Strategies Committee: Real change or just words?</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/02/economic-strategies-committee-real-change-or-just-words/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/02/economic-strategies-committee-real-change-or-just-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ng E-Jay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt the Economic Strategies Committee wants to make Singapore rich. However there is nothing in the report that says the proposed “changes” will make things equitable for all Singaporeans. By <b>Dr Wong Wee Nam</b>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>40</slash:comments>
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		<title>Punish Pastor Tan</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/02/punish-pastor-tan/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/02/punish-pastor-tan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ng E-Jay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Writer <b>Shawn Lim</b> says "If it takes a show of power to prevent this kind of incidence from happening again, by all means, do whatever that is necessary."]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>152</slash:comments>
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		<title>Town Councils &#8211; irresponsible to continue ignoring corridor clutter</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/02/town-councils-irresponsible-to-continue-ignoring-corridor-clutter/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/02/town-councils-irresponsible-to-continue-ignoring-corridor-clutter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shihan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Town Councils are negligent when it comes to fire hazards like corridor clutter. <b> Phillip Ang </b>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Jobstreet &#8211; Jobs for foreigners</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/02/jobstreet-jobs-for-foreigners/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/02/jobstreet-jobs-for-foreigners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shihan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why are jobs on the Jobstreet website offered directly to foreigners, instead of our PMETs? <b> Andrew Michael Teo </b>]]></description>
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		<title>Help the singles with affordable housing</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/02/help-the-singles-with-affordable-housing/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/02/help-the-singles-with-affordable-housing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shihan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poor singles may end up homeless with current 'pro-family' HDB policies. <b> Joseph Ang </b>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>51</slash:comments>
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		<title>Government should use free software</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/government-should-use-free-software/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/government-should-use-free-software/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/24/government-should-use-free-software/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Koh Choon Lin The Government is increasingly dependent on computer software to operate. Singaporeans access important services like SingPass via the Internet, leading the makers of software exerting substantial control over how the Government operates. Most software currently used by the Government is like a black box. It is proprietary, which means that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Danish citizen responds to MM Lee’s “mediocre government” comment</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/danish-citizen-responds-to-mm-lee%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cmediocre-government%e2%80%9d-comment/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/danish-citizen-responds-to-mm-lee%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cmediocre-government%e2%80%9d-comment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Danish citizen, Mr. Gregory Glen, responds to MM Lee’s remarks that Denmark, Finland and Switzerland can afford mediocrity in the remuneration of their ministers. This is an extract from the blog, This Lush Garden Within. I read with interest Mentor Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s remark in Singapore’s Parliament that Denmark, Finland and Switzerland can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Danger when simplistic benchmarks influence the wrong behaviours</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/danger-when-simplistic-benchmarks-influence-the-wrong-behaviours/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/danger-when-simplistic-benchmarks-influence-the-wrong-behaviours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/12/danger-when-simplistic-benchmarks-influence-the-wrong-behaviours/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is filed under &#8220;Letters to TOC&#8221;. From &#8220;boboshooter&#8221; I would like to add to the discussions and debates regarding the latest round of ministerial and civil service pay increases. Firstly I applaud our Prime Minister for taking the lead and donating his increments to charity. I hope the other ministers will follow suit. However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ministers&#8217; Salaries &#8211; is the government losing touch?</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/ministers-salaries-losing-touch/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/ministers-salaries-losing-touch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Leong Sze Hian I refer to the increase in ministerial pay. Before the increase, political appointment holders take home $ 46 million in total a year, which is only 0.13 per cent of total Government expenditure, or 0.022 per cent of Singapore’s Gross Domestic Product. As to not having a sense of proportion in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be mindful of the affective gap</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/be-mindful-of-the-affective-gap/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/be-mindful-of-the-affective-gap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The Straits Times, April 5th, 2007 By Catherine Lim I HAVE followed with intense interest the current debate on increasing ministerial salaries to match those of the highest earners in the private sector. And I have noted the impassioned arguments from both sides: the Government insisting on its necessity if top talent is to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SMA&#8217;s guidelines withdrawal &#8211; patients now have less protection</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/smas-guidelines-withdrawal-patients-now-have-less-protection/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/smas-guidelines-withdrawal-patients-now-have-less-protection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Extracts from Dr Huang&#8217;s blog No Fear Singapore &#8220;Singapore, April 2, 2007 – The Singapore Medical Association (SMA) announced at its Annual General Meeting on April 1, 2007 that the Association is withdrawing its Guideline of Fees (GOF) with immediate effect.&#8221; Self-regulators are usually appointed by or encouraged by the authorities to keep its members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abusing maids &#8211; again</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/abusing-maids-again/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/abusing-maids-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The report in the Straits Times (31 march, 2007) titled “Some maids found to be under-fed by employers” is troubling. It leaves one wondering why and how anyone could do this to a fellow human being.   In the report, it says that some maids get only a slice of bread and a bowl of porridge [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>PAP and the people: A return of disaffection?  &#8211; Revisited</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/03/pap-and-the-people-a-return-of-disaffection-revisited/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/03/pap-and-the-people-a-return-of-disaffection-revisited/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/03/28/pap-and-the-people-a-return-of-disaffection-revisited/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Extract of Catherine Lim’s article titled “PAP and the people: A return of disaffection?” Ms Lim touched on the issue of ministerial salaries in this article. This was published in the Straits Times, Aug 26, 2000 FIVE years ago, I wrote an article called &#8220;The Great Affective Divide&#8221;, published in The Straits Times, in which [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Proud to be Singaporean?</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/03/proud-to-be-singaporean/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/03/proud-to-be-singaporean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From New Sintercom The government has been attracting foreign workers, especially the highly skilled ones, to work and settle in Singapore. It has also urged Singaporeans to accept these foreigners as one of them. The given reasons being needs these workers to keep the economy growing and to stay competitive in a globalized world. Very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A closer look at Budget 2007</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/03/a-closer-look-at-budget-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/03/a-closer-look-at-budget-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Edmund The budget statement debate concluded last Thursday. This article ponders over some issues raised as well as those which were not. How is the government financing the budget deficit? In my previous article I mentioned that given the constitutional bar against the current government dipping into the surpluses built up by previous government, [...]]]></description>
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