<p>and you can read my essay. heheh :b j/k but I did write an essay regarding politics in Singapore. It's really messed up tho, the paragraphs are all over so I guess anyone who's good at clear, focused writing can give me a hand.</p>
<p>i'm not sure about now but in the past you werent allowed to chew gum there. Also, it has that half fish half lion statue. I didn't look this stuff up. I used to live in Malaysia (right above singapore). I'm writing an essay on it. We can have a two way trade.</p>
<p>Bump Bump Bump.</p>
<p>The Merlion statue is in Singapore...</p>
<p>But Malaysia has some of the tallest towers in the world. The Petronas Towers.</p>
<p>Generally you're still not allowed to chew gum, but thanks to the US-Singapore free trade agreement you can buy gum at pharmaceutical counters.</p>
<p>Yeah, I know - whatever. </p>
<p>Most people I know simply bring them back from Malaysia. </p>
<p>Anyway, I'd like to read your essay. Mine contains a few lines about politics in Singapore too, but I'm thinking of tossing them out. What a horrible dilemma.</p>
<p>Hey I am a Malaysian but have been educated in Singapore all my life... and I know the politics/policies pretty well. They used to have a 2-child policy... but now, they are changing it... Apparently, the more the better =).</p>
<p>Singapore has the highest death penalty rate per population head in the world.</p>
<p>Apart from shopping, you can't do much else because the whole place is so boring. if you actually want to do something like hike or go sailing, go to Malaysia.</p>
<p>Singapore's Senior Minister went to Williams:D</p>
<p>That's one thing bout Singapore so hit me with your essay!</p>
<p>Dont they fine you if you're fat? ANd have like random machines that tell you how much you're overweight by? (I dunno, could be just something made up in my head)</p>
<p>Yeah they fine you, then cane you, and then hang you. But not before slashing you and dragging you through sewerage, open wounds and all. Then they tie you up and stuff maggots into half your wounds and salt into the other half. Yeah Singapore's pretty bad... kinda like hell actually, only worse.</p>
<p>(Oh come on, we're not that crazily draconian)</p>
<p>lightfish: I totally agree with the boring part. I need to get out of here!</p>
<p>munkeegirl: Uh...yeah, like, totally. </p>
<p>sixsixty: Are you referring to GCT or LKY? If I'm not wrong GCT studied Economics at NUS. Not sure about LKY but I've always thought he read law in England. Or maybe one of them did a masters degree at Williams. And I have no idea what the hell I'm talking about. </p>
<p>Yeah our birth rate is falling (which, IMO, isn't necessarily a bad thing) and so they're encouraging more people to give birth. An interesting fact: Oral sex is technically a criminal offence punishable under Section 377 of the Penal Code. The catch is, if oral sex is used as foreplay and you have actual intercourse after oral sex, you're okay. But if you just have oral sex and do nothing else after that, you may be jailed up to I forgot how many years in prison and/or fined I forgot how much. How interesting. I think it's a move to encourage couples to like, procreate. Or something. We had a good laugh in class about that.</p>
<p>is that really true.....
i mean u arent even allowed kiss in private...and if you do u must have sex after it!!
and what if you kiss in public...then u either have sex in public too or go to jail :-0</p>
<p>oral sex != kissing.</p>
<p>Chewing gum in public is still frowned upon even though it has been legalized recently.</p>
<p>But legalising gum doesn't quite equate to gum available for sale in your average 7-11 outlet. Personally I'm really glad we don't allow gum here as a general rule; I get VERY ****ed off when I step on gum and have it stuck to the sole of my shoes for weeks.</p>
<p>Yes, the oral sex thing is true. I'm a law student and I read an actual judgment that outlined that de facto rule for class. The argument is that oral sex isn't "natural", which is therefore unlike kissing. And they allow (so to speak) it as foreplay because it's an open secret that many people do it. </p>
<p>Well, not everything makes sense sometimes.</p>
<p>mmm.....</p>
<p>imagine what the 'Law-makers' must have been thinking while making stupid rules like these.
i mean do the habits and suggestions of a few lawyers and advisors in high posts change the way everyone lives!</p>
<p>gum has been legalized for 2+ years right? last time i went back 2 years ago, i saw them on sale at the counter. but regardless, kids smuggle them from malaysia anyway. </p>
<p>u can pm me your essay. lived their for 8 years.</p>
<p>tripwires, GCT got a Master's in Developmental Economics from Williams' CDE.</p>
<p>They have the cleanest public bathrooms in the world. Heard that on WAAF</p>
<p>Singapore used to be part of Malaysia...split in 1961 or 1963, right? I'm unsure if the water tension issue (about how much to charge) is resolved between M'sia and S'pore... They also allow bar-dancing now, though not as indiscriminately or widespread as our countries.</p>