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By Toh Han Shih
In the second volume of his biography, former Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong revealed his soft spot for two former stalwarts of the ruling Peopleâs Action Party (PAP), the late Ong Teng Cheong and Dr Tan Cheng Bock, even though these two men opposed the PAP after leaving the party. In the book, Standing Tall, Mr Goh expressed warmth and admiration for these two men whom he called friends, in contrast to his dislike for opposition politicians Chee Soon Juan and Tang Liang Hong.
The book, which details Mr Gohâs tenure as Prime Minister from 1990 to 2004, hit the bookstores earlier in May. It is a sequel to the first volume, Tall Order, which covered Mr Gohâs youth, working life and earlier political career.
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“Do not play with our salary increase. We deserve it. We have worked for it. I must say also that the business community said we shouldn’t get our salary increase and I must remind the business community that it is the union that negotiated for salary increases for public officers and teachers. The raise that we get, we go and buy from them in their stores. So we deserve our eight and five percent salary increases.”
Paul Lopez, Reporting
Former B.N.T.U. National President, Anthony Fuentes made those remarks at a joint union press conference in 2005. At the time, the People’s United Party formed the Government. Prime Minister Said Musa was preparing to present an austere 2005/2006 budget on January nineteenth, 2005.
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The mandatory online theory test for e-scooter and e-bike riders will be kept affordable, said Senior Minister of State for Transport Amy Khor in Parliament on Tuesday (May 11). Deborah Wong reports. 2 related media assets (image or videos) available. Click to see the gallery.
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While the recent spate of abuse cases have raised eyebrows all around, the issue has long dogged the nation since domestic helpers become a familiar sight in many a Singaporean household. (Photo: TODAY/Ooi Boon Keong)
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SINGAPORE: Whenever her employer gets angry with Ruby (not her real name) for supposedly not following her instructions, she would threaten to hit the domestic worker.