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By singcitizen, on May 27th, 2010
Source: The Straits Times, Page A31, 27 May 2010
Letter by Weiwen Yang
Born and raised in Singapore, I have spent the past eight years in Australia. On the cusp of completing my postgraduate studies in clinical psychology, I have a major life-changing decision to make: Where do I go from here?..
While money is not the sole motivating factor for me, it is important to help me maintain a preferred lifestyle. So it is hard when the pay being offered in Singapore pales in comparison to the one I am being offered in Australia…
I admit I have become a little disconnected with home country in my time in Australia. And although I do not shy away from identifying myself as a Singaporean, I have also embraced the Australian way of life and grown fond of the country and its people…
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By singcitizen, on May 17th, 2010
Source: The Straits Times, Page A19, 17 May 2010
Upon returning to school full time, she fought a losing battle with the school administration to provide her and other mothers-to-be with a place for expressing milk…
But when performance bonuses were given out, she was not only given a pro-rated bonus (which I understand), but also a lower performance grading.
While I am very grateful for the increased maternity benefits a young family now receives, I would like to highlight that there seems to be a contradiction when Singaporeans are encouraged to have more babies, but mothers are penalised when trying to concurrently be both good mums and good workers.
She is now expecting her second child and I won’t be surprised if she leaves the teaching service.
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By singcitizen, on March 28th, 2010
Source: The Sunday Times Lifestyle, Page 10, 28 Mar 2010
Reported cases of girls aged 14 and below having sex
- 2009: 83
- 2008: 61
- 2007: 57
- 2006: 38
- 2005: 33
Number of teenage births
- 2008: 816
- 2007: 820
- 2006: 838
- 2005: 853
- 2004: 781
Number of teenagers diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections
- 2008: 787
- 2007: 820
- 2006: 775
- 2005: 678
- 2004: 653
- 2003: 368
- 2002: 238
Sources: Singapore Police Force, Registry of Births and Deaths, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, Department of Sexually Transmitted Infections Control
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By singcitizen, on January 23rd, 2010
Source: The Strait Times Forum Page, Page A42, 23 Jan 2010
Letter by: Liza Ho (Ms)
I refer to the report, ‘Sec 5 route not best for all: Ng Eng Hen’ (Jan 12). On Jan 13, a senior staff member of my child’s school, Jurongville Secondary, gathered the Secondary 5 students and spoke to them about the report.
He told them not to waste another year in Secondary 5 and urged them to apply to the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), based on rough calculations of what their O-level score might be…
I am disappointed that the school chose to dissuade my child and his schoolmates whose earnest desire is to try the O-level route.
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