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Aug 1, 2011

Why elected president must be the people's voice

MR DANIEL Chia said the elected president (EP) is not the office to be the voice of the people ('Accept EP's role or don't stand'; last Saturday).

Let me state in no uncertain terms that the EP must be the voice of the people as he is elected by all Singaporeans. Or else, whose voice is he representing?

He must be your voice to safeguard the people's money in the investments of your Central Provident Fund, Temasek Holdings and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation.

He must be your voice to make sure that top government servants appointed must have integrity and competence, as their decisions affect your lives.

He must be your voice to make sure that these two constitutional roles of the president must be carried out without fear or favour.

He must be your voice to champion causes that unite Singaporeans. These include promoting charitable work, creating awareness of the disadvantaged among us, and advancing sports, the arts and culture.

He must be your voice to bring the people's concerns to the Government through proper channels, without confrontation in public, as it is wrong to expect the presidency to be a centre of power on day-to-day politics.

I have not stated that I will publicly engage the Government on day-to-day politics, as implied in Mr Chia's letter. That is the role of MPs, as rightly pointed out by him.

This has been my stand. It is wrong of Mr Chia to assume that another candidate's opinion is also mine.

Dr Tan Cheng Bock

FORUM NOTE: The writer has submitted his application forms for a certificate of eligibility to run in the upcoming presidential election.

Jul 27, 2011

Octopus couples get touchy-feely in public

By Sara Ann K, Multimedia Journalist, RazorTV

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WITH arms and legs entwined, snaking around each other like tentacles, these couples are too caught up in their private moments of passion that they are oblivious to embarrassed glances from members of public.

'Octopus couples', as they have been termed by STOMPers frustrated by their unabashed amorous antics, have been spotted in buses, trains, void decks and even shopping centres in all manner of compromising positions.

Such sights are common these days with positions escalating to 'koala hugging'- another term coined by STOMPers to describe a position where usually a girl sits facing her partner, straddling him.

'If couples do this in public, the youth will follow as well,' said Govinda Raju, a senior technician who is a parent to two teenagers.

Despite being modern and liberal, 20-year-old NSF Siddiq Poh said that he felt 'Singapore is an Asian society that is still not ready for such things', and he himself 'would feel awkward' if he saw such intimate scenes in public.

His female friends, polytechnic students Seet Yu Ai and Rennie Peen added that a particular STOMP contribution where a male was holding onto his girlfriend's chest on the bus was 'not loving, but obscene.'

They also managed to come up with other comical names for some of the dubious positions people have been caught in. Watch RazorTV for more.

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Crown Court : Destruct, Destruct

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Season 2, Episode 103: Destruct, Destruct 

Original Air Date—29 August 1973
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Captain America The First Avenger Official Trailer (2011 Movie)

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In 1942, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) is deemed too physically unfit to enlist in the U.S. Army and fight the Nazis in World War II. Volunteering instead for Project: Rebirth, a secret military operation, he is physically transformed into a super-soldier dubbed Captain America. With sidekick Bucky Barnes, he fights the Red Skull (Hugo Weaving), Hitler's treacherous head of advanced weaponry, whose own plan for world domination involves a seemingly magical object known as the Tesseract.

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