Category: Laws of our land
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Female circum… whaaaaat?
I was shocked to learn from Naomi yesterday that female circumcision is practiced in Singapore. I had no idea. You learn a lot from motherhood forums, where Naomi stumbled upon discussions on whether to circumcise, where to circumcise, how to do it and how much is done and how much is charged. I’ve always thought…
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Unthinkable Singapore
So we might not get to watch the World Cup. They say you can feel the pulse of the nation on sammyboy.com, and yesterday, a heartfelt plea from “Rogue Trader” summed up the disbelief and desperation among soccer fans around the island. Dear singtel and starhub, i writes to you as a football fans. Please…
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Mosquito Raiders
For all the bad press the NEA has been receiving, they’ve been pretty prompt about addressing my concerns about mosquito-breeding in my neighbourhood. I emailed them recently about the increase in mozzies due to the many condo construction sites that’ve suddenly appeared, and also about the lack of recycle bins in our apartment block. They…
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Now we’re really left behind
There will be murmurs about how Singapore should repeal S377A of the Penal Code now that China has apparently ‘showcased‘ a gay marriage in one of their official news outlets. But they’ll just be murmurs, cos you know how things are. Doesn’t matter if India has repealed their s377A, and China has (sort of) embraced…
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Extending race
More on the country’s obsession with “race”, Yu-Mei Balasingamchow writes: as far as this racial labelling in Singapore officialdom is concerned, we should all just tick the ‘Others’ box — and carry on From her post, I went on to read Alex Au’s (Yawning Bread) study on the matter, and as I suspected: What was…