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		<title>By: mom</title>
		<link>http://enquirer.sg/2008/10/20/minister-shouldnt-have-politicised-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-134</link>
		<dc:creator>mom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Vivian is definitely no ordinary man. He can survive on 290 dollars a month.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vivian is definitely no ordinary man. He can survive on 290 dollars a month.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: mom</title>
		<link>http://enquirer.sg/2008/10/20/minister-shouldnt-have-politicised-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-133</link>
		<dc:creator>mom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Politician or economist, the core of their subject is still the ordinary man.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Perhaps, that explains why Singapore&#039;s economy and political state is in such dire straits.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They forgot who they serve.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Politician or economist, the core of their subject is still the ordinary man.</p>

<p>Perhaps, that explains why Singapore&#8217;s economy and political state is in such dire straits.</p>

<p>They forgot who they serve.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: Kway Teow Man</title>
		<link>http://enquirer.sg/2008/10/20/minister-shouldnt-have-politicised-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-132</link>
		<dc:creator>Kway Teow Man</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;From reading your post, I am completely baffled by your claim that the Minister has politicised the Forum. Just how has he politicized the issue?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When he was asked the question, he actually made a very valid point because there are two different perspectives of the crisis depending on where one was standing and he is able to put on two different pairs of lenses.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Vivian Balakrishnan is not your ordinary Singaporean and if you get to talk to him, you should try to get HIS perspectives - and he is telling you he has two. You want the perspective of the ordinary Singaporean, you just go down to the kopi tiam and ask an ah pek lah.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What have they been teaching you in the Political Science Department? I&#039;m seriously unimpressed.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From reading your post, I am completely baffled by your claim that the Minister has politicised the Forum. Just how has he politicized the issue?</p>

<p>When he was asked the question, he actually made a very valid point because there are two different perspectives of the crisis depending on where one was standing and he is able to put on two different pairs of lenses.</p>

<p>Vivian Balakrishnan is not your ordinary Singaporean and if you get to talk to him, you should try to get HIS perspectives &#8211; and he is telling you he has two. You want the perspective of the ordinary Singaporean, you just go down to the kopi tiam and ask an ah pek lah.</p>

<p>What have they been teaching you in the Political Science Department? I&#8217;m seriously unimpressed.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: The Singapore Daily &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Weekly Roundup: Week 43</title>
		<link>http://enquirer.sg/2008/10/20/minister-shouldnt-have-politicised-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-117</link>
		<dc:creator>The Singapore Daily &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Weekly Roundup: Week 43</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;[...] &#8220;When Shan, a second year political science student, asked Dr Balakrishnan about Singaporeans who were affected by the mini-bond fiasco, the minister in turn asked her whether he should approach the problem as an economist or politician. Her simple reply—to look at the issue from the eyes of an “ordinary Singaporean”—won the applause of the audience.&#8221; The Enquirer [...]&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] &#8220;When Shan, a second year political science student, asked Dr Balakrishnan about Singaporeans who were affected by the mini-bond fiasco, the minister in turn asked her whether he should approach the problem as an economist or politician. Her simple reply—to look at the issue from the eyes of an “ordinary Singaporean”—won the applause of the audience.&#8221; The Enquirer [...]</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: OXO</title>
		<link>http://enquirer.sg/2008/10/20/minister-shouldnt-have-politicised-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-116</link>
		<dc:creator>OXO</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;The upside to a signed letter is that it is more prominent and credible compared with an anonymous comment tagged to the end of an article.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I believe what these brotherhood folk may be try to say here is this; if you come into a new neighborhood and you start to impose your beliefs on others, then how far do you think, you are going to go?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Personally, I don&#039;t think that statement concerning credibility was warranted or even required.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want people not to be anon, just tell them your requirement and criteria. You dont even have to give them a reason. This is after all your project, you have every right but please dont preach and attempt to impose your understanding on others, where I come from, civilized people consider it rude and inconsiderate.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As it is this is a very bad start. You will all need plenty of luck.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The upside to a signed letter is that it is more prominent and credible compared with an anonymous comment tagged to the end of an article.&#8221;</p>

<p>I believe what these brotherhood folk may be try to say here is this; if you come into a new neighborhood and you start to impose your beliefs on others, then how far do you think, you are going to go?</p>

<p>Personally, I don&#8217;t think that statement concerning credibility was warranted or even required.</p>

<p>If you want people not to be anon, just tell them your requirement and criteria. You dont even have to give them a reason. This is after all your project, you have every right but please dont preach and attempt to impose your understanding on others, where I come from, civilized people consider it rude and inconsiderate.</p>

<p>As it is this is a very bad start. You will all need plenty of luck.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: clarence</title>
		<link>http://enquirer.sg/2008/10/20/minister-shouldnt-have-politicised-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-105</link>
		<dc:creator>clarence</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&#039;the brotherhood&#039;??!&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;the brotherhood&#8217;??!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: puni</title>
		<link>http://enquirer.sg/2008/10/20/minister-shouldnt-have-politicised-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-91</link>
		<dc:creator>puni</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I did not say anything offensive. I did not in any way impute any wrong doing on your part. But if my post is censored for any reason, I would appreciate it, if you can give me a good reason why.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Many thanks.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have already sent a copy to the brotherhood. They will act accordingly perhaps to even cancel the final report to AIMs, I hope not, but if they do, the Enquirer will be famous, I think.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I did not say anything offensive. I did not in any way impute any wrong doing on your part. But if my post is censored for any reason, I would appreciate it, if you can give me a good reason why.</p>

<p>Many thanks.</p>

<p>I have already sent a copy to the brotherhood. They will act accordingly perhaps to even cancel the final report to AIMs, I hope not, but if they do, the Enquirer will be famous, I think.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: puni</title>
		<link>http://enquirer.sg/2008/10/20/minister-shouldnt-have-politicised-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-90</link>
		<dc:creator>puni</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;The upside to a signed letter is that it is more prominent and credible compared with an anonymous comment tagged to the end of an article.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I reserve the right to disagree with you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/10/message-and-messenger.html&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is no logic to your statement and I formally challenge you on its merits.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have also forwarded this to the brotherhood.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The upside to a signed letter is that it is more prominent and credible compared with an anonymous comment tagged to the end of an article.&#8221;</p>

<p>I reserve the right to disagree with you.</p>

<p><a href="http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/10/message-and-messenger.html" rel="nofollow">http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/10/message-and-messenger.html</a></p>

<p>There is no logic to your statement and I formally challenge you on its merits.</p>

<p>I have also forwarded this to the brotherhood.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: The Singapore Daily &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Daily SG: 21 Oct 2008</title>
		<link>http://enquirer.sg/2008/10/20/minister-shouldnt-have-politicised-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-83</link>
		<dc:creator>The Singapore Daily &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Daily SG: 21 Oct 2008</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;[...] an ex-private banker - Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Low : Be More Proactive MAS! - The Enquirer: Minister shouldn’t have politicised forum - Xtralicious: The highnotes/ minibonds issue - difference between HK and Singapore - Bad News on [...]&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] an ex-private banker &#8211; Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Low : Be More Proactive MAS! &#8211; The Enquirer: Minister shouldn’t have politicised forum &#8211; Xtralicious: The highnotes/ minibonds issue &#8211; difference between HK and Singapore &#8211; Bad News on [...]</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: Vacuum State</title>
		<link>http://enquirer.sg/2008/10/20/minister-shouldnt-have-politicised-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-80</link>
		<dc:creator>Vacuum State</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Isn&#039;t a shame that when you start paying million dollars to Ministers, they stop thinking like ordinary Singaporeans? :)&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Isn&#8217;t a shame that when you start paying million dollars to Ministers, they stop thinking like ordinary Singaporeans? :)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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