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 I READ with interest the letters discussing working mothers, stay-home mothers, single mothers, happy mothers, sad mothers, selfless mothers - and their other hubby halves.
MADAM Lee Sui Yi brought up some interesting points in 'Mistake to ignore stay-home mothers' on Wednesday. In the Government's attempts to boost baby numbers, I wonder why stay-home mums are so short-changed.
I REFER to Mr J.B. Jeyaretnam's quote on Tuesday headlined, 'No Favour Granted, Just a Right'.
 
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
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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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