The Middle Ground SG

Somewhere between the extremes. Follow for the latest local news and views that matter.

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@mrbrown Got incense burner for smoke signals?

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Learn more about this silent killer. https://t.co/RQXhR9zLI7

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Our parenting and family writer Brenda says goodbye and thank you. https://t.co/KNQKgHnvRi

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TMG's scion of Singlish Gwee Li Sui says goodbye. In Singlish, of course. https://t.co/omicSPyvmf

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Singapore's youngest smokers talk about plain packaging https://t.co/n5wMEgYZRQ

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The Cheongster says “thank you and goodbye” to TMG and to you, our dear reader.
https://t.co/B0IUHaKOY4

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As we come to the end of the year - and of TMG's operations - our dearest writers pen their goodbyes. This is Kwan Jin Yao, a better writer.
https://t.co/5rLX8mhb9P

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Fatty food contributes to the risk of cardiovascular disease, causing nearly 1 in 3 deaths in Singapore. We ask an expert what causes clogged arteries and whether heart stenting is a potential alternative to heart bypass surgery.
https://t.co/YbtbxiuH8Y

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The news of devastating defeats and casualties in the West send Des Quake scurrying back to his fortified underground bunker for another episode of... IN THE SMRT WAR ROOM! https://t.co/cMxPq5SAfI

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Did you know that being a financial analyst in Singapore is not so straight forward after all? Here's more.
https://t.co/9kkiq8gHh1

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"Words, then delays, then collisions and casualties, then silence"
Does our rail operator have a communications problem (in addition to other, more obvious problems)?
https://t.co/9rUEFYNAWX

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"The G’s resistance to the “live” coverage of Parliament is perplexing"
Parliament is Singapore's "democracy at work". Should cost and demand be the main reasons for withholding this public good?
https://t.co/Jg0imyqhzf

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"Do Smaller Class Sizes In Singapore Guarantee Better Outcomes? Run (Quasi-)Experiments"
Are you sure that small class sizes are always better for our students? Why don't we find out, asks Kwan Jin Yao.
https://t.co/UnMkysq2To

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"Ask a doctor: Seven things you wanted to know about stress and heart disease"
Living in Singapore's high-stress society? Get to grips with the effects of stress on your health.
https://t.co/NZlBzX85HK

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"FAKE NEWS: Can you communicate the truth when you are paid to do it?"
NUS professor Mohan J. Dutta thinks the whole communication profession needs to change to a model which puts ethics (or telling the truth) at its centre.
https://t.co/CoNI7hJqHl

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Joshua Ip (@joshuaipman) on treading the middle ground between a journalist and a civil servant.
"Twin cinema of reported civility"
https://t.co/wT09ROTkEy

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Why Daniel Yap supports the move, but thinks not much will change when Singapore raises the smoking age – it’s all in the data.
https://t.co/x3UOaUxOkD

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"5 cognitive biases that hold back Singapore’s policymaking"
Donald Low tried to explain why the G sometimes seems so rigid.
https://t.co/WSvDgwHz9q

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"Chee’s attack on Perera is a new low for Parliament"
Terrible, terrible, terrible.
https://t.co/AJyNzBE80W