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Aware saga 10 years on: Scars and tensions remain

Dramatic culmination of a clash had left religious and cultural fault lines exposed

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Yuen Sin

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About two months ago, Ms Margaret Thomas, president of the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware), dug up the e-mail addresses of some former members.
She sent cordial messages to the association's former president Josie Lau, former vice-president Charlotte Wong and former honorary treasurer Maureen Ong, as well as Dr Thio Su Mien, a former law dean at the National University of Singapore.
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