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Forget about Section 377A and get on with living life

The dust seems to have settled on the Section 377A debate — at least, in Parliament anyway. Despite a citizens’ petition to repeal Section 377A, The Penal Code (Amendment) Bill has been passed; Section 377A stays. But, the Prime Minister has also pointed the Government’s stand on homosexuality in Singapore with the following comments:[1]

“Homosexuals work in [...]

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Ugly behaviour of aunties in the library

I was at the library near home yesterday, accessing the Internet on one of its multi-media workstations. It was noisy as there was chattering from three middle-aged aunties and their young children all of whom were hovering around one of the workstations.

Despite this, I managed to shut out the noise from my mind as I concentrated on reading a Website I was [...]

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Are you also thinking of selling your HDB flat?

The property market here in Singapore is getting hot. In Hougang, where I live, I get flyers screaming ‘Hougang 3-room flat $200,000′ thrown at my doorstep every other day. In the lift the other day at Hougang Mall, two women were in animated conversation about their HDB flats. One was lamenting that she had sold [...]