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Pressure on middle class rising STAR
PM Lee warns fewer foreign workers will spark inflation, slow economic growth 

Driven to despair, literally STAR 
Under-age call girl scandal shakes Singapore elite  

Govt encourages more singles to get hitched

Row over ‘wage shock’ call STAR
Singapore charges 48 in underage prostitution scandal

Scandals take gloss off the myth that is Singapore MYANMAR TIMES 
Sex and the Lion City STAR
Singapore to drive road through historic cemetery 
BBC
The life of a retiree isn’t always bad STAR
Talent buy becomes sore point STAR
Cheers and jeers for maids' day off in Singapore
Creativity, an alien word to workforce STAR
‘Absence of goodies and Baby Bonus in Budget 2012’ 
Singapore seeks to slow surge in foreign workers 
Are Singapore's poor better off?
 BBC
Singapore needs to accept immigrants' 
Singapore faces growing pains as setbacks pile up 
Push to promote mother tongue STAR
Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands sees more foreign gamblers
Learning to cope alone 
STAR
Singapore admits crisis response gap after metro woe 

2011

Transport system starts to malfunction STAR
Singapore maids to be spared English and cooking test 
Hundreds gather for Singapore 'SlutWalk' protest 
In Singapore, a tangled web of race and religion

Preparing for the global crunch  
STAR
Singapore tightens rules on casino advertising

Racist — or just a symptom of wider malaise? 
Pushing bilateral cooperation STAR
Startling turn of events STAR
Discrimination pervasive in Singapore rental market WALL ST JOURNAL
Illness underscores Singapore transition  WALL ST JOURNAL

Alienated on their own turf STAR
Little rest for Singapore's silent army CNN
The Mandarin-speaking strategy
STAR

From the ballpen to the PC  STAR
Lee Kuan Yew: Mistake to lose Mandarin at home
Foreign maids snubbing Singapore STAR
Poll questions social media’s influence in Singapore politics  WALL ST JOURNAL
Singapore to tackle jams with car ownership curbs 
Politics for young Singaporeans 
STAR

Rising level of divisiveness STAR
Singapore admits under-reporting of drug arrests 

Slowing the paper chase STAR
30 per cent of Singaporeans are ‘cynics’: study 

Lee Kuan Yew’s 30-year concern 
Singapore PM says ruling party must change 
PM Lee defends PAP involvement in PA 
Reaching out to the young ones STAR
'Singapore's population will shrink without immigrants'

The Singapore rat race starts at age 7 

High price to pay to drive in S’pore STAR

Singapore lauds foreign-born players after win 
Back to school for ‘kiasu’ parents 
STAR
'Singapore can't punch above its own weight if it depends on local talent'  TODAY
Singaporeans dying away from home 
Singapore drafting action plan against sex & labour trafficking Chan News Asia

An epidemic of corpses  STAR
Ageing Singapore prepares for grey future 

Guns, grenades and iPads for Singapore soldiers 

It’s Singaporean vs others  STAR
MBS does a balancing act with local gamblers  BIZ TIMES
Stemming the tide of workers STAR
Singapore start investigation into casinos 
Feeling the pinch of higher prices STAR
Shy Singapore men hire coaches to find partners 
Row as maid seen carrying Singapore soldier's pack 
Battle of the elite looming STAR
Maids’ street-party: Entertainment or nuisance?

Stagnant wages, immigration fuel Singapore squeeze

Birth rates not rising soon STAR
Singapore fertility rate falls to record low
Lee Kuan Yew urges Muslims to 'be less strict' 
Singapore fertility rate falls to record low 
Newbies a rising force STAR
Singapore nets casino windfall
Singapore concerned about rising food prices

Cheap meals under threat  STAR
Welcome to the new Singapore  STAR

Public nudity on the rise in strait-laced Singapore
Singapore spirit blows hot and cold STAR

Skimpy trunks' design causes Singapore blushes
A compulsion for property  STAR

Deja vu over teen violence  STAR
Both boon and bane STAR
Orchard Road to be raised after floods 

Pregnant SIA stewardesses to get ex-gratia payment CHAN NEWS ASIA
 Super-rich come to S'pore STAR
S'pore opposition party calls for fewer foreigners 
Figures can be so deceptive
STAR
Caught up in S'pore PR issue  STAR

No more the most open STAR 
Gambling hard for the money STAR  
Two sides of the same coin
 
STAR  

Go on a date and get S$500 STAR 
Singapore woos singles in another dating campaign  
How many people is enough in Singapore? ASIA SENTINEL 
PM: We won't let in too many foreigners 
Anxious parents fuel Singapore tutor boom 
Still a work in progress STAR  
GDP up, But no cheer heard STAR 
Oh, for a dip in Orchard River STAR

The customer no longer king STAR
Flash floods stain Singapore's reputation as urban paradise

Past exam papers hot items STAR  

Politics of gratitude STAR  
Singapore says it doesn’t have serious trafficking problem  
Singapore wins, for now  ASIA TIMES 

Politics of gratitude STAR  
Singapore says it doesn’t have serio
us trafficking problem  

Singapore wins, for now  ASIA TIMES 

The dark side of the boom STAR 
Now, the wives have had enough  TODAY

Going public with grievances STAR 
Singapore stops chicken man staging anti-KFC protest  
Singapore subway apologises for graffiti incident 
Singapore to shame litterbugs to keep island clean 
Rich religions pose new woes STAR  

Singapore bids farewell to late Dr Goh Chan News Asia  

Goh leaves behind some unanswered questions STAR


Singapore is still out of step on death penalty policy  GUARDIAN 
Caught in a linguistic dilemma STAR 
Planning for stable staples STAR 
 New migrants are hungrier  STAR
Stars liven up the city's buzz STAR 
Foreigner first practice rankles  STAR  

                       It's more than just shopping in Johor  STAR
                       
4500 - and still counting  STAR  
                   Singapore is best city for Asian expats: survey 
                    Red light area gets out of line STAR
                           Door narrows for foreign workers in Singapore  
Backseat frolics backfire STAR
More grads join jobless queue STAR
Still a sticky issue: Singapore keeps gum ban Population target in doubt STAR
MM Lee warns of dangers of slow growth if productivity does not increase
CHAN NEWS ASIA
Young couples encouraged to take first steps towards parenthood CHAN NEWS ASIA
Singapore to slow down hiring of foreign workers
Big brother to drive away cars
STAR
With casinos set to open, Singapore rolls the dice
TIME
Welfare in Singapore: The stingy nanny
ECONOMIST
Hitting the brakes on foreign force
STAR
Lower cost of living for Singapore households in 2009
CHAN NEWS ASIA
Pastor’s comments on Buddhism/Taoism "inappropriate & unacceptable": MHA CHAN NEWS ASIA
Rise in number of statutory rape cases in 2009 CHAN NEWS ASIA
Singapore mulls limits on foreign workers
Singapore seeing more public demonstrations
STAR
Singaporeans will always come first: Law Minister
CHAN NEWS ASIA
Govt monitoring Singaporeans’ reactions to church attacks in Malaysia CHAN NEWS ASIA
Readying for the real cyberbrawl STAR
Local talents take a beating
STAR


2009
Anguish over bilingualism STAR
Testing time for migrant policy
STAR
Work permit holders need to pass English proficiency test
CHAN NEWS ASIA
Older workers maintain high job rate despite overall decline in employment CHAN NEWS ASIA
Upper middle class folks are living in style STAR
Singapore’s first independent dating review website launched
CHAN NEWS ASIA
Modest year-end payment for civil servants CHAN NEWS ASIA
Education for the real world STAR
Singaporeans wrestle with likely impact of two new casinos
STAR
Singapore and Immigration: A PR problem
ECONMIST
PM Lee says Singapore’s future depends on its young talents CHAN NEWS ASIA
Recession hits Singapore unevenly STAR
More underage teens in S’pore see casual sex as acceptable
CHAN NEWS ASIA
Buyers feeling the squeeze STAR
Deaths at workplaces up in first six months
CHAN NEWS ASIA
Singlish as she is spoken STAR
Singapore beauty trips on Singlish slip
ASIA SENTiNEL
Concern over rising foreign population
STAR
Singapore population of 4.99m is older, more likely living alone
CHAN NEWS ASIA
Foreign population growth slows down CHAN NEWS ASIA
Playing second fiddle to foreigners despite having a birthright  STAR
Eyeing China, Singapore sees Mandarin as its future
PM Lee promises calibrated flow of immigrants, to keep with tone of society
CHAN NEWS ASIA
9 in 10 Singaporeans do not feel well prepared for retirement CHAN NEWS ASIA
Need to wise up quickly to the ways of the world STAR
Developing palliative care in Singapore gets a boost CHAN NEWS ASIA
World turns disapproving eyes on Singapore banquet AGE
Driven to driving a taxi despite having a PhD STAR
Nursing home says children hardly visit parents to avoid paying fees CHAN NEWS ASIA
Govt accountable in actions, has worked towards non-discrimination CHAN NEWS ASIA
Number of assaults on prison inmates up over last 5 years CHAN NEWS ASIA
PM warns religion threatens stability
PM Lee speaks of principles of engagement in religious sphere
CHAN NEWS ASIA
Coping with a sexual revolution STAR
MM Lee outlines two challenges for Singapore to undertake CHAN NEWS ASIA
Singapore launches SS 545 standard for hotel security CHAN NEWS ASIA
Sense of belonging lacking among the young STAR
Percentage of youths involved in voluntary work above national average CHAN NEWS ASIA
MOE puts up information on sexuality education on website CHAN NEWS ASIA
Women’s group proposes new authority to make ex-spouses pay up CHAN NEWS ASIA
Anti-gay Singapore prof cancels NYU stint after uproar
From head start to headache
STAR
More elderly apply to tribunal to seek financial support from children CHAN NEWS ASIA
MM Lee says Singapore needs to do more to achieve nationhood CHAN NEWS ASIA
Jobless Singaporeans thumb noses at menial work STAR
Singapore says no need for more stimulus measures-paper
12,000 foetuses aborted in Singapore every year
CHAN NEWS ASIA
Singapore not swayed by India gay sex ruling: minister
Singapore promotes first Muslim Malay army general
Going with the wind
STAR
Jitters over religion hard sell STAR
RMIT snared in Singapore degree scam AGE
Singapore’s total population grew to 4.84m in 2008, up 5.5% over previous year CHAN NEWS ASIA
Public apathy worrying STAR
Sports highlight the growing ire STAR
Couple sentenced to 8 weeks jail for distributing seditious publications CHAN NEWS ASIA
Made-to-order playmaids STAR
Foreign worker enclaves mushroom in Singapore
Spending on groceries rises as Singaporeans eat out less
CHAN NEWS ASIA
PM Lee congratulates Singapore women’s Everest team CHAN NEWS ASIA
Irked by ping-pong controversy STAR
Singapore's gay community holds first-ever rally
Enter citizen awareness
STAR 
Women's group coup awakens Singapore civil society
Labour chief says firms should not adopt "retrench and hire" approach
CHAN NEWS ASIA
MOE suspends sexuality education programmes by external vendors CHAN NEWS ASIA
Where money holds sway STAR 
Changes afoot for primary school education system
CHAN NEWS ASIA
SAF allowed three officers to be prematurely released from their bonds since 2000 CHAN NEWS ASIA
Singapore's born-again Christians thrive
Unemployment rate for Q1 likely to be higher than Q4 2008
CHAN NEWS ASIA
Rise in suicides across Asia feared amid recession
Singapore church pays princely sum to leader
More workplace fatalities, injuries last year
CHAN NEWS ASIA 
Singapore’s divorce rate in 2007 lower than other countries
CHAN NEWS ASIA 
Baby gloom haunts Lee
STAR 
Singapore allows financial payment to organ donors
25,000 mentally-ill patients in S’pore, with 10% in institutions
CHAN NEWS ASIA 
Singapore cash-for-organs plan raises concern
MM Lee on Singapore’s population
CHAN NEWS ASIA
MM Lee describes Singapore's future at NUSS lecture CHAN NEWS ASIA
Fired before the first day on the job STAR 
Rise in lost dogs, despite laws
CHAN NEWS ASIA 
Unnerved by a deathly vibe
STAR 
Asian police warn of more scams during crisis
For laid-off Singapore expats, home is where they're hiring
TIME 
Singapore's main newspaper publisher to cut wages
Engaging the young and restless on their virtual turf
STAR 
Jobless migrant workers protest in Singapore again
It’s a race against bad news
STAR 
She holds up ‘half the heaven’
  STAR 
Serangoon Gardens dorm may begin operations in August
CHAN NEWS ASIA
Migrant workers urge Singapore act over job cuts
Crisis spoils Singapore celebrations
FIN TIMES 
20,513 took up Singapore citizenship in 2008
CHAN NEWS ASIA
Singapore minister says reserves not for welfare
Fewer youths pursuing their dreams
STAR 
Singapore unemployment jumps to 2.6 percent
Head to Geylang for a gay time
STAR
Job losses in recession-hit Singapore could match levels of previous downturns CHAN NEWS ASIA 
Singapore considers tapping reserves amid recession-report
Elderly citizens bearing the brunt
STAR 
Singapore bureaucrat's cooking trip sparks outcry
Not the time to flaunt your riches
 STAR 
Heavy hearts amid the revelry
STAR 
Bearish sentiment claws Year of Ox fest in Singapore

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