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		<title>Uniquely Singapore</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 22:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uniquely Singapore
The Unions, the Press, and the People - Part II
CASE&#8217;s Relationship with NTUC
Leong Sze Hian
The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) founded the Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) in 1971, and it remains an institution member today. (938 Live) (CASE&#8217;s letter to Business Times)
According to NTUC&#8217;s web site: 
The NTUC Family includes 9 co-operatives, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Give credit where credit is due, Andy</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/05/09/give-credit-where-credit-is-due-andy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Loh
A recent public forum about youth concerns raised the issue of lowering the voting age to 18.
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Perhaps a post-1965 Member of Parliament might initiate the debate to enfranchise these trustees of our posterity.
- Andy Ho, Senior Writer, Straits Times, May 8, 2008, “If old enough for NS, why not the vote?”
The above are quotes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Unions, the Press and the People</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/05/08/the-unions-the-press-and-the-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leong Sze Hian &#38; Choo Zheng Xi
Let the people eat…detergent?
Does the media&#8217;s reporting of detergent prices reveal a deeper conflict of interest that may harm the country?
Once in awhile pearls of wisdom are found in The New Paper. Larry Havekamp a.k.a. Dr Money, in his financial column in The New Paper, likened statistics to bikinis: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aljunied Town Council - Taking the easy way out?</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/05/07/aljunied-town-council-taking-the-easy-way-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 08:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leong Sze Hian &#38; Andrew Loh
All 14 town councils run by the People&#8217;s Action Party (PAP) will not be increasing their Service and Conservancy (S&#38;C) charges this year.
- Channel NewsAsia, “PAP town councils to freeze S&#38;C charges this year” (February 28, 2008)
Barely two and a half months later, on May 5 2008, this is what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The truth about life insurance</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/05/07/the-truth-about-life-insurance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 02:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tan Kin Lian
Many people buy life insurance to provide financial security to their family. If premature death occurs, the policy provides a cash sum to take care of the future financial needs of the family.
Insurance agents are drilled into thinking that they play a “noble” role in safeguarding the future of many families. This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waiting for Godot</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/05/06/waiting-for-godot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 03:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Farquhar
Waiting for Godot
Farquhar comes earlier this week and takes a look at the state of the opposition parties on the second anniversary of Polling Day – May 6 2006.
The Opposition is in danger of missing the chance to build on its gains of 2006
Both Acts of Beckett&#8217;s play &#8220;Waiting for Godot&#8221; end in the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOC Message</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/05/06/toc-message/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 01:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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The editors and writers of theonlinecitizen would like to extend our condolences to the families of those who have perished as a result of the devastating cylone which has hit Burma.
We would also like to extend an offer of help to our Burmese friends in Singapore. Please do let us know if TOC can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former CEO of NTUC Income calls for &#8220;collective protest&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/05/05/former-ceo-of-ntuc-income-calls-for-collective-protest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 09:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Chief Executive of NTUC Income, Mr Tan Kin Lian, is calling for a “collective protest” against Income&#8217;s “bonus cut”.

In his blog posting, Tan says that he “will be asking a lawyer to organise policyholders who wish to submit a collective protest against the bonus cut. This will be sent to the board of directors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A brief message from TOC</title>
		<link>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/05/04/a-brief-message-from-toc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 04:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear everyone,
We are featuring four articles and a video this weekend. To allow our readers easy access to them, here is a summary:
Singaporean activists mark World Press Freedom Day 2008
To mark World Press Freedom Day 2008, a group of Singaporean independent activists held a demonstration outside the Singapore Press Holdings’ News Centre building on May [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singaporean activists mark World Press Freedom Day 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 04:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To mark World Press Freedom Day 2008, a group of Singaporean independent activists held a demonstration outside the Singapore Press Holdings&#8217; News Centre building on May 3.
Below is the group’s message explaining the purpose of their demonstration.
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2008
Today is World Press Freedom Day: an opportunity to reflect upon the principles of press [...]]]></description>
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