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By singcitizen, on March 19th, 2009
  Source: http://www.littlespeck.com/content/lifestyle/CTrendsLifestyle-090314.htm In 2007 the government reported 419 cases, or more than one suicide a day, compared with 346 in 2003. Singaporean youths between the ages of ten and 24 who committed suicide increased by 37% in 2007 to 6.7 (from 4.9 in 2006) per 100,000, it was announced in Parliament. Some blame it on the education system [...] By singcitizen, on March 7th, 2005
Today, Singapore was shaken by the news of the deaths of a family of four in Tampines Street 44. A 40-year-old Chinese man was found dead at the bottom of a block of HDB flats this morning. Police later found the bodies of a 39-year-old Chinese woman, a 12-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl in [...] By singcitizen, on May 19th, 2003
Just when I am relishing being alive on this good earth exactly 45 years after my birth, along comes a stark reminder that this fragile thing called life may not be sweet-tasting to some others who would rather end it all at a tender age than choose to grow old. I was jolted into silence [...] |
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