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More than 600 domestic workers from the Philippines, Indonesia, Myanmar & Sri Lanka signed up for a free medical check-up at Mount Elizabeth Hospital as part of International Women's Day. The programme is a first ever for domestic workers here. -- ST PHOTO: EDWIN KOO
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PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has described as 'dangerous' the view that Singapore is now rich enough for the Government to dish out hongbao freely. In his first comments on this year's Budget, he warned that if the country stopped saving and investing for the future, economic growth would also grind to a halt and 'we would be in serious trouble'.

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MS LYNN Lee's commentary last Friday, 'Quality debate v democratic ideals', sadly illustrated exactly what Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong cautioned against in the debate on Professor Thio Li-Ann's by-election motion in Parliament: craving 'ideals' regardless of our experience of what works in Singapore.
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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.
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