First things first.
My deep appreciation for the tremendous feedback I have received in the last seven days since the launch of Newzzit on Singapore's 48th National Day!
Hopefully, this issue will cement your belief in Newzzit and its philosophy of 'taking journalism back to where it belongs – to the readers'. With every successive issue, we will publish stories which will help our readers in understanding this great Asian city a bit better.
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As the fourth year-long SG conversation in just over 20 years draws to a close, a look back at the last one - Remaking Singapore (2002), and its major recommendations.
Read MoreHOTA is a presumed consent scheme. It allows for the corneas, heart, kidney, and liver of all Singapore citizens and Permanent Residents (PRs), 21 years and above, who have not opted out of HOTA and are not mentally disordered, to be removed for donation upon death.
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After Iraq and Af-Pak, the focus of international terrorism has shifted to Yemen and Somalia, which is of utmost concern to Singaporean Arabs, as most Arabs who settled in South-east Asia, including Singapore, were from Hadhramaut in Southern Yemen
Read MoreSwitzerland's southernmost Ticino canton is set to hold a referendum on September 22, for banning burqa in public places. A burqa is a full-face covering headgear normally worn by Muslim women
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