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Face the facts

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 [...]

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Taken unawares

Source: http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13611576, retrieved 11 May 2009

In late March a secretive group of conservative Chinese Christian ladies surreptitiously took over the executive council of AWARE (Association of Women for Action and Research), an advocacy group that has done much to promote women’s rights. Half of the new council attend the same church. They were jolted into [...]

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Why MOE suspended Aware project

Source: The Straits Times Forum Page A25, 7 May 2009
Letter by: Jennifer Chan (Ms), Press Secretary to Minister for Education

However, MOE’s assessment is that in some other aspects, the guide does not conform to MOE’s guidelines. In particular, some suggested responses in the instructor guide are explicit and inappropriate, and convey messages which could promote homosexuality [...]

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Here in Singapore

Being aware of diversity in our civil society

As a man I should stay out of women’s affairs but as a concerned Singaporean, I cannot help but do my fair share by hailing the victory of Aware’s old guard over the usurpers last weekend at Suntec City.

There is no place for religious fervour in civil society. As Cherian George rightly put it in [...]