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		<title>NS &#8211; a humbling experience</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/11/ns-a-humbling-experience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["I do not know whether I consider myself fortunate or unfortunate to have mixed with a bunch of people whom I have never known intimately before and never would have until NS brought us together. 
<br />I came from a top Junior College and never had this opportunity to interact and talk to this group of people. I merely knew that they existed and I probably would not have cared much about their lives." By <b>Alison Liew</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>To all sports fans</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/03/to-all-sports-fans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lea Yi Long is not happy with paying more to watch sports and calls for a boycott of MIO TV.]]></description>
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		<title>Civic participation serves to strengthen governance</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/03/civic-participation-serves-to-strengthen-governance/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/03/civic-participation-serves-to-strengthen-governance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a letter written by Tan Rong Jin Timothy, and was sent to the Straits Times. TOC thanks Timothy for allowing us to publish it here. I read the letter by Mr Chua Sheng Yang with great interest. (&#8220;Demos at Speakers&#8217; Corner? No, they could hurt S&#8217;pore&#8221;) It amazes me that he rails against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ComfortDelgro&#8217;s &#8220;self-examination&#8221; exercise</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/12/comfortdelgros-self-examination-exercise/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/12/comfortdelgros-self-examination-exercise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Transport problems a result of Temasek's involvement, says Mr Ong.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers petition Law Society of Singapore</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/12/lawyers-petition-law-society-of-singapore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is the letter which was delivered to the Law Society of Singapore earlier today by several local lawyers. (Watch the video at the end of the letter.) President The Law Society of Singapore 39 South Bridge Road Singapore 058673 HUMAN RIGHTS DAY – OUR CALLING Dear Sir, We congratulate you on your appointment as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chee Soon Juan&#8217;s &#8216;exploitation&#8217; of the Burma situation?</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/chee-soon-juans-exploitation-of-the-burma-situation/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/10/chee-soon-juans-exploitation-of-the-burma-situation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a letter sent to TOC. The writer wishes to remain anonymous. Recently, a few people have complained that Chee Soon Juan was exploiting the Burmese situation to make a political point. Here&#8217;s one typical interpretation of the petition he held recently outside the Burmese embassy. Here&#8217;s another, a letter from a Burmese national [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3rd World Savings, 1st World Cost of Living</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/09/3rd-world-savings-1st-world-cost-of-living/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/09/3rd-world-savings-1st-world-cost-of-living/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a letter from Jason, one of our readers. It has been argued strongly that elderly Singaporeans are not saving enough, despite the CPF scheme. This is hardly surprising. The CPF was introduced in 1955 when Singapore was a Third World colony. Our per capita GDP (at current market prices) in 1960 was S$1,306. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raising retirement age</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/07/raising-retirement-age/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/07/raising-retirement-age/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a letter from one of our visitors, Siew91. The Singapore government&#8217;s rationale to raise the retirement age of Singapore workers to 62 years of age is because we live longer and many of us might not have enough money to retire. While this may be true, the government has ignored the fact that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where is the basic common decency?</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/06/where-is-the-basic-common-decency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is filed under Letters To TOC By Zyberzitizen It is mindboggling, at least to me, that someone can be dismissed without being treated with very basic decency and courtesy. Yes, I am referring to the MOE’s dismissal of poet/playwright Alfian Sa’at from his relief teacher job at a secondary school. Since the MOE has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Questionable benchmarking formula</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/questionable-benchmarking-formula/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/questionable-benchmarking-formula/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is filed under “Letters To TOC”. Firstly, I cannot understand or accept the PM&#8217;s and MM&#8217;s logic or rationale for the incredible pay hike for our cabinet ministers. Why do they want us to believe that our cabinet ministers are that avaricious, corruptible, self-serving and mercenary, and so open to the highest bidders? In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeless in our twilight years</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/homeless-in-our-twilight-years/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/homeless-in-our-twilight-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a letter from lilydaam which was posted under our &#8220;Submission Policy&#8221; section. The details of the letter&#8217;s content have not been verified by theonlinecitizen. It is posted here for further discussion and not as validation of any claims. They are sometimes ‘homeless by choice’, said Parliamentary Secretary (National Development) Mohd Maliki Osman on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MP Ho Geok Choo &amp; the &#8220;Politics of Envy&#8221; Revisited</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/02/mp-ho-geok-choo-the-politics-of-envy-revisited/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/02/mp-ho-geok-choo-the-politics-of-envy-revisited/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Singapore Kopi Tok Peering at the storm around Singapore recently, is it all about envy? MP Ho Geok Choo&#8217;s question in Parliament on 12.2.2007 about the &#8220;Politics of Envy&#8221; attracted reactions both domestically and in the region. From the transcript, it appears that even Speaker of Parliament had trouble comprehending her question. Ho has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Serving Workfare Bonus to benefit workers</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/02/serving-workfare-bonus-to-benefit-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/02/serving-workfare-bonus-to-benefit-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theonlinecitizen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Dark Matter, filed under Letters To TOC &#160; When low-wage workers received their first ever Workfare Bonus in 2006, 10% of the Bonus went into their CPF Medisave account as stated by MOM: Why must 10% of the bonus be credited into my Medisave Account? “10% will be credited into your Medisave Accounts to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shin Corp deal only a commercial one – really?</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/01/shin-corp-deal-only-a-commercial-one-%e2%80%93-really/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/01/shin-corp-deal-only-a-commercial-one-%e2%80%93-really/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is filed under Letters to TOC Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Lee Hsien Loong has been adamant in insisting that the Temasek-Shin Corp deal is a ‘commercial investment’ and that the govt is “not dealing with it. It&#8217;s not a government issue.” He goes on to say: &#8220;When you make commercial investments there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More transparency! Great!</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/01/more-transparency-great/</link>
		<comments>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/01/more-transparency-great/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article is filed under the new column, Letters to TOC. &#160; In a &#8216;full&#8217; page ad taken out in the TODAY newspaper on 28 Dec 2006, page 7, Singapore Power announced a surprising drop in electricity surcharges. Great news to kick off the new year if any!! What was more amazing was that the [...]]]></description>
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