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		<title>Romania diplomat held</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 08:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ionescu Romanian Diplomat]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BUCHAREST: A Romanian diplomat involved in a fatal hit-and-run case in Singapore was detained for questioning on Friday, Romanian prosecutors said.  Silviu Ionescu, who was Bucharest&#8217;s charge d&#8217;affaires in Singapore at the time, is alleged to have hit three pedestrians in two incidents in December while driving a car belonging to the Romanian mission.  One [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cooling-off Day works, thanks to the WWW</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/2092</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/2092#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The opposition has not dismissed the idea of using the internet to reach out to the voters on the “cooling-off” day which will be introduced in the next general election. Under the new law, the minimum campaign period will be extended from nine to ten days. All forms of mass rallies, home visits and public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-political prisoner Dr Lim Hock Siew speaks</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/ex-political-prisoner-dr-lim-hock-siew-speaks</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/ex-political-prisoner-dr-lim-hock-siew-speaks#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lim Hock Siew]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
I will vote for anyone who promises to take away ISA.
Arthur  
Yes? No? Huh?? So?? ]]></description>
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		<title>A brave and honourable judge</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/a-brave-and-honourable-judge</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/a-brave-and-honourable-judge#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal System]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A group of Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) leaders and activists were acquitted of holding a procession without a permit.
In his written judgment, District Judge John Ng noted that the [SDP] group had walked mainly on pedestrian pathways and did not attract &#8220;any significant&#8221; attention of the public.
Source: Today
I am proud to know John personally.
Arthur
Yes? No? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why is the police getting involved in indoor forum?</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/why-is-the-police-getting-involved-in-indoor-forum</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/why-is-the-police-getting-involved-in-indoor-forum#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal System]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[Martyn See,] filmmaker and activist was surprised to receive an email from the Tanglin Police Division requesting him to furnish the police information regarding the names of speakers and the format of the Operation Spectrum forum under the Public Entertainment and Meetings Acts.
Source: The Online Citizen
Over-zealous public servants blindly (or blindly following instruction) defending the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is changing law the only thing that the government knows how to do?</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/is-changing-law-the-only-thing-that-the-government-knows-how-to-do</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/is-changing-law-the-only-thing-that-the-government-knows-how-to-do#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal System]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recent proposals to amend the Maintenance of Parents Act suggests an act by the government to pass the buck of caring for the elderly to their children, but this puts an inconsiderable strain especially on lower-income groups.
Source: The Online Citizen
The current Singapore government has lost tons of moral reserves. The only thing that they continue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOC Analysis: PM’s gambit is manufactured dissent par excellence</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/toc-analysis-pm%e2%80%99s-gambit-is-manufactured-dissent-par-excellence</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/toc-analysis-pm%e2%80%99s-gambit-is-manufactured-dissent-par-excellence#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 01:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Increasing the number of Non-Constituency MPs to nine, and entrenching the NMP scheme, further undermines Parliament as a representative legislature elected by the people.
Source: The Online Citizen
We are not interested in this type of &#8220;managed&#8221; electoral process so that dissent voices could be &#8220;controlled&#8221;. We want to see a fair political system whereby alternative parties [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No to ISA</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/no-to-isa</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/no-to-isa#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 21:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ISA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The detainees were forced to make false confessions by the way of mental and physical torture. They were subjected to harsh and intensive interrogations, deprived of sleep and rest, some for as long as 70 hours in freezing cold rooms. All of them were stripped of their personal clothings, including spectacles, footwear and underwear and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GRC system detrimental to democratic development of Singapore</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/grc-system-detrimental-to-democratic-development-of-singapore</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/grc-system-detrimental-to-democratic-development-of-singapore#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 00:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We sent the following letter to The Straits Times as a matter of record. We expect them to ignore us.
Dear The Straits Times
We noted that you published on May 11, 2009 a letter titled &#8220;The GRC parallels&#8221; by Johnny Heng, who tried to draw lesson from the Aware saga and attempted to link that to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Questions for Justice Choo Han Teck in the sentencing of Shin Min editor Lim Hong Eng</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/questions-for-justice-choo-han-teck-in-the-sentencing-of-shin-min-editor-lim-hong-eng</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/questions-for-justice-choo-han-teck-in-the-sentencing-of-shin-min-editor-lim-hong-eng#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choo Han Teck]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A strange series of events unfolded in the courtroom of Justice Choo, just the other day. Justice Choo was hearing the appeal of the hit and run killer driver Ms. Lim Hong Eng.

Justice Choo had no choice but to remove the $10,000 fine. However, he did not subtitute that with any added jail time, claiming [...]]]></description>
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