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Quotable Quotes

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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Quotable Quotes

No escaping that school branding

Source: The Straits Times Page B10, 9 Nov 2009

Article by Jonathan Liautrakul

The disappointment stayed with me throughout my next three years at Millennia Institute, as I struggled to downshift to the slower pace and lackadaisical attitudes of my peers. I missed the motivation that had spurred me to achieve.

With the help of teachers and friends, I [...]

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Literature

Launch of new novel targeting teenagers

A novel targeting secondary students and set in a Singapore secondary school has been launched. Entitled Mystery of the Battle Box, the novel is about three schoolmates — two of whom are cousins — teaming up to solve a mystery about hidden treasure in an underground bunker which was built during World War Two.

The teenagers stumble [...]

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Monday With The Editor

Taking life for granted

We are already more than a month into the end-year school holidays. In three weeks’ time, the new school year will start and students will return to school life once again – it’s a cycle that is being taken for granted by many students.

But, some students may not get to return to school after this [...]