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Singapore must be prepared for contingencies: PM

5 hours 36 min ago

Singapore has enjoyed decades of peace and stability but must always be prepared for contingencies, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told residents in his Ang Mo Kio ward on Sunday.

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First Hair for Hope 2012 event kicks off

6 hours 15 min ago

The first Hair for Hope 2012 satellite event buzzed into life on Sunday at Changi City Point, in the first of a series of events aiming to raise $2.5 million for the Children's Cancer Foundation (CCF).

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PM: PAP leaders are rearguard to Desmond Choo

Sun, 20.May.2012 - 6:00am

Mr Desmond Choo may assert himself as his own man but on Saturday he welcomed the help of the Prime Minister, who went campaigning with him for more than two hours.

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Choo to lobby for more facilities in Hougang

Sun, 20.May.2012 - 6:00am

The lack of covered linkways and drop-off points is a source of major inconvenience to Hougang residents and PAP candidate Desmond Choo intends to 'fight very hard' to secure these facilities for them.

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National issues, not just local ones, affect residents too: WP

Sun, 20.May.2012 - 6:00am

There can be no divorcing of national issues from local ones in the Hougang by-election, said Workers' Party (WP) MPs who spoke at last night's rally in support of their endorsed candidate Png Eng Huat.

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Hougang is 'cradle' of S'pore's democracy, says Low

Sun, 20.May.2012 - 6:00am

Politics in Singapore took a new direction after the Workers' Party won Aljunied GRC from the ruling People's Action Party last year, said WP chief Low Thia Khiang.

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Hougang is not for sale, says Png

Sun, 20.May.2012 - 6:00am

Hougang is not for sale and can never be enticed by inducements such as estate upgrading, Workers' Party (WP) candidate Png Eng Huat told a boisterous rally crowd on Saturday night.

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