DR VIVIAN Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, hit the right note when he described the important role played by cooperatives, beside government policies and free markets, to ensure economic growth in last Saturday's report, 'Co-ops have role in ensuring growth'.
I READ with interest last Wednesday's letter by Mr Chong Kim Hwa, 'Primary 1 registration: Separate citizens, PRs'.
I HAD the privilege of attending the opening of The Giving Place, officiated by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, on Monday.
April 21, 2008
Mas Selamat: Here's how he escaped
Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng unveiled further details to the daring escape of JI fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari in Parliament on Monday when he released the Executive Summary of the Committee of Inquiry's report. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gave his take on Government accountability over the issue. We bring you both speeches in full.
Gone in 49 secs
That's how long it may have taken Mas Selamat from the time he jumped out of an unsecured toilet window at the Whitley Road Detention Centre till the time he scaled a double perimeter fence, to his freedom. Mr Wong, who's also Deputy Prime Minister gives a detailed timeline of the JI leader's prison break
Duration: 32 min 24 secs | Filesize: 37.1 MB
The COI's recommendations
The Government has accepted a slew of recommendations put forth by the Committee of Inquiry (COI). Among them - centralising the command and control of the Whitley Road detention centre under the Internal Security Department and building a new detention facility in Changi Prison for political detainees.
Duration: 10 min 28 secs | Filesize: 12 MB
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