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November 28, 2007

Youth Challenge Given Clean Bill Of Health After Addressing Weaknesses

by Channel NewsAsia

The Well-Being Of Singaporeans

by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu

The Human Development Index, as described by Wikipedia, is the "measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, and standard of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare." Three dimensions are measured: health (life expectancy), knowledge (literacy), and decent standard of living (GDP at purchasing power parity).

The 2007 report, which measures data from year 2005, has been released, and Singapore maintained its 25th ranking while improving in terms of the value of the index, scoring a 0.922 as compared to 0.916 the year previous.

Singapore has been ranked behind Iceland (#1), Norway (#2), Australia (#3), Switzerland (#7), United States (#12), and Hong Kong (#21).

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A Contrarian View On The MDA Video

by Bernard Leong, Simple Is The Reason Of My Heart

Getting some bad publicity in exchange for publicity was not a bad idea.

Interest Rates Not The Only Monetary Policy Lever

by Alex Dunnin, Financial Standard

While the only official lever Australia uses to slow down an overheating economy is raising interest rates, in Singapore they sometimes use the CPF contribution rates.

Singapore's Island That's Made Of Rubbish

by The Keropok

SDP Pair Again Contest Charges

by Teo Xuanwei, Today

Answering charges of speaking in public without a permit for the third time, Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan and party supporter Yap Keng Ho yesterday accused the police of "selective enforcement."

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Witness Might Not Have Called Police If SDP Event "Had A Roof", by Singapore Democrats, Singabloodypore.

Booked Taxi, But Then Cabby Told Her To Alight

by Amarjit Kaur, Straits Times

Reader Sees Rred Over Police Reply

by Leow Zi Xiang, Straits Times

I would urge the police to substantiate their comments properly instead of impugning my integrity, suggesting that I had not been completely honest in my account of events.

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Police Action On Protest Necessary For Security, by Audrey Ang, Singapore Police Force.

NS Veteran Left Out In The Cold

by Joel Tan Cheng Chye, Straits Times