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I hope our third issue annuls any doubt, if there's still any left, that Newzzit is a people's newspaper. We don't just put  our readers first, we put them first, second, third....... and so on.

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PM's National Day Rally: A speech of contradictions?

  • Housing: Is $20,000 “not so small” or “not much more”? PM used both phrases to describe the same amount, when he acted as the “housing agent” for all Singaporeans.

  • Health: MediShield Life to cover all Singaporeans regardless of pre-existing illnesses for life, but premiums will go up leaving existential questions of healthcare affordability unanswered.

  • Education: “Every school is a good school”, he repeated MOE's mantra, while adding “it is also good that we have top schools nationally”, leaving doubts whether the scramble for “top schools” will continue.  

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The Business of Buddhism in Thailand

With over 94% population following Theravada Buddhism, and over 250,000 orange-robed monks, Thai's Buddhist industry is worth over 50 billion baht, and with proliferation of sects such as Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Thais are asking whether modern practices has put up nirvana for sale

 

 

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Info-graphics on Singapore's arms imports, exports and ownership

After seven long years of negotiations, the United Nations in April this year overwhelmingly adopted the first ever treaty to regulate the US$70 billion global trade in conventional arms such as tanks, warships, attack helicopters, as well as small arms and light weapons (SALWs). Here, we present a few tables to demostrate Singapore's ranking in terms of arms ownership, imports and exports worldwide.

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