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		<title>Wet Markets must stay</title>
		<link>http://silentassassinarchive.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/wet-markets-must-stay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wet markets make a world of difference
MY 77-YEAR-OLD mother drew my attention to last Saturday&#8217;s commentary by Ms Jessica Lim, &#8216;Time for wet markets to go&#8217;.
Ms Lim has not seen some of the better-run wet markets, such as the ones in Tiong Bahru and Bukit Batok East Avenue 4.
My mother and I do the bulk [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silentassassinarchive.wordpress.com&blog=4237582&post=237&subd=silentassassinarchive&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hardship Posting</title>
		<link>http://silentassassinarchive.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/hardship-posting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read Today Online somewhat regularly since it&#8217;s a source of local news I can get online without having to pay for it. One of the stories that has gotten my attention is the Hardship Posting article by Tabitha Wang the budget tai-tai. In her article she laments the wonderful lifestyles of the rich and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silentassassinarchive.wordpress.com&blog=4237582&post=230&subd=silentassassinarchive&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Upturn the Downturn? How about &#8220;I just kneed you in the groin!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://silentassassinarchive.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/upturn-the-downturn-how-about-i-just-kneed-you-in-the-groin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Tiger Uppercut! Tiger Knee!
Reminiscent of the MDA Rap and the P65 hiphoppers, Lim Swee Say and some NTUC jokers (and a few other MPs?) danced and sang their way into labour union workers&#8217; hearts.
Upturn the Downturn? What? Haven&#8217;t they got better things to do? And what&#8217;s with the HUGE ostentatious stage and lights?
Has the NTUC [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silentassassinarchive.wordpress.com&blog=4237582&post=222&subd=silentassassinarchive&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Arms Race or Reverse Psychology?</title>
		<link>http://silentassassinarchive.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/arms-race-or-reverse-psychology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tun Mahathir Mohamad&#8217;s concillary tone in a recent statement is worth a chuckle or two. To Singapore&#8217;s participation of an airshow in Langkawi, Tun Mahathir asked the Malaysian Government not to enter into an arms race with Singapore as it was a &#8220;waste of money&#8221;.
Actually his exact words were, &#8220;It&#8217;s a waste of money. We&#8217;re [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silentassassinarchive.wordpress.com&blog=4237582&post=219&subd=silentassassinarchive&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>F1 Singapore: Cars or Concerts?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I wait in anticipation for the Singapore F1 2009 Night Race to start, I recall all the news about happening concerts staged during the period of the F1 Singapore Night Race. The list of hot acts include Beyonce, A-Mei and Black Eyed Peas.
Near as I can tell, the news of the takeup rate for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silentassassinarchive.wordpress.com&blog=4237582&post=215&subd=silentassassinarchive&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HDB Prices: another lame letter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This letter puzzles me:
Letter from Ignatius Lourdesamy Deputy Director (Marketing &#38; Projects) for Director (Estate Administration &#38; Property), Housing &#38; Development Board
I REFER to the letter &#8220;It&#8217;s not all about the numbers&#8221;, (Sept 16) by Mr See Leong Kit.
It is misleading for Mr See to use the example of flats at Pinnacle@Duxton to conclude that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silentassassinarchive.wordpress.com&blog=4237582&post=213&subd=silentassassinarchive&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spectacularly Secular</title>
		<link>http://silentassassinarchive.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/spectacularly-secular/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, I now know what it&#8217;s like to be deprived of the Internet for a long period of time. Liberating! Yes it was tough at the beginning, working at a country practically devoid of the Internet, with only my GSM phone and PS3 to accompany me, where any instance of the Internet is instantly snapped [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silentassassinarchive.wordpress.com&blog=4237582&post=211&subd=silentassassinarchive&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 44th Birthday</title>
		<link>http://silentassassinarchive.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/happy-44th-birthday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Birthday all the way from Germany! The greetings from afar was a nice touch! The staged terror attack wasn&#8217;t, considering recent events, especially using Cheryl Fox instead of a Mediacorp thespian.
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		<title>Net Bonus or Malus?</title>
		<link>http://silentassassinarchive.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/net-bonus-or-malus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the second year running, Temasek Holdings staff will be looking at &#8220;negative bonuses&#8221;, revealed Ms Ho Ching.
Though it delivered almost 7 per cent of positive total shareholder return last year, Temasek saw its portfolio value fall by at least $40 billion in the year to March 2009. Thus, there will be cuts in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silentassassinarchive.wordpress.com&blog=4237582&post=208&subd=silentassassinarchive&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Goodbye to Goodyear</title>
		<link>http://silentassassinarchive.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/goodbye-to-goodyear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shocking news from Temasek Holdings, Chip Goodyear, who was hand-picked as incoming CEO of Temasek Holdings, in a regal and year long selection process, has been booted! Hitherto previous CEO Ho Ching will resume her position as CEO of Temasek Holdings. I guess that puts paid to speculations that she would enter politics beside her [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silentassassinarchive.wordpress.com&blog=4237582&post=206&subd=silentassassinarchive&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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