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Saturday: 2 OCTOBER 2010
STRAITS TIMES
I N M E M O R I A M
Duty above self,
no matter what
This is an edited excerpt of the eulogy for
Dr Balaji Sadasivan
that Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam
delivered on Thursday.
PS: cannOt locate the Onlie copy of this excerpt ? ? ? ?
pharoah88 ( Date: 04-Oct-2010 10:03) Posted:
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Sure ??? Prices have only been going up, whether its healthcare, transport or bla bla bla....
pharoah88 ( Date: 04-Oct-2010 10:03) Posted:
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Dr Balaji Sadasivan promises lower healthcare costs if PAP given ...
30 Apr 2006 ... SINGAPORE :
Dr Balaji Sadasivan, who is a member of the People's Action Party (
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London bus driver in hit-and-run accident out on bail
05:55 AM Oct 04, 2010
SINGAPORE - London police have released on bail a man who was allegedly involved in a road accident last week that killed Singaporean medical student Tan Mingwei (picture).
The 50-year-old double-decker bus driver was arrested on suspicion of careless driving and failing to stop at the scene of an accident. He is believed to have told detectives he had no idea the girl was under his bus, according to British media reports.
A double-decker night bus has been recovered and is being examined by police. The driver will return to a police station later this year pending further enquiries, a New Scotland Yard press statement said.
An inquest is scheduled to be held today.
Ms Tan was believed to have been knocked down near Hampstead's Royal Free Hospital - where her shoes were found - and dragged 1.6km. Her body was found near Belsize Park Tube station in North London at about 2am on Thursday. She was pronounced dead on the spot.
Her handbag, which contained a wallet, mobile phone and student ID was found on the road 150m away.
A post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as multiple injuries.
Ms Tan reportedly died on her 20th birthday. She was due to start her third year at Peterhouse College, Cambridge University.
Ms Tan is the younger daughter of Mr Tan Tarn How, a playwright and research fellow at Singapore's Institute of Policy Studies, and his wife, a dentist.
The Tan family is in London and have asked to be left to grieve in private.
Ms Tan, a former student of Raffles Girls' School and Raffles Junior College, received an A*Star National Science Scholarship in 2008 to read medicine.
She was the president of Cambridge University's karate club.
Dr Philip Pattenden, a senior tutor at Peterhouse College, said: "The death of Mingwei Tan, an undergraduate at Peterhouse who was due to start her third year at the college, is reported with much regret.
"She was doing very well in medical sciences and was a popular member of our community, always full of joy.
"She will be truly missed... The college is greatly saddened by its loss and extends its sympathy to the family," he was quoted as saying.
Flowers and messages of tribute have been left at the site where Ms Tan's body was found.
Those who knew her also posted messages of condolence online and on Facebook.
"We will miss you. Your lovely sweet smile and your ever-passionate attitude towards things in life will always remain in our hearts. May God bless and watch over your family as they go through this period," said one message from one of her former teachers. Dylan Loh
The 50-year-old double-decker bus driver was arrested on suspicion of careless driving and failing to stop at the scene of an accident. He is believed to have told detectives he had no idea the girl was under his bus, according to British media reports.
A double-decker night bus has been recovered and is being examined by police. The driver will return to a police station later this year pending further enquiries, a New Scotland Yard press statement said.
An inquest is scheduled to be held today.
Ms Tan was believed to have been knocked down near Hampstead's Royal Free Hospital - where her shoes were found - and dragged 1.6km. Her body was found near Belsize Park Tube station in North London at about 2am on Thursday. She was pronounced dead on the spot.
Her handbag, which contained a wallet, mobile phone and student ID was found on the road 150m away.
A post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as multiple injuries.
Ms Tan reportedly died on her 20th birthday. She was due to start her third year at Peterhouse College, Cambridge University.
Ms Tan is the younger daughter of Mr Tan Tarn How, a playwright and research fellow at Singapore's Institute of Policy Studies, and his wife, a dentist.
The Tan family is in London and have asked to be left to grieve in private.
Ms Tan, a former student of Raffles Girls' School and Raffles Junior College, received an A*Star National Science Scholarship in 2008 to read medicine.
She was the president of Cambridge University's karate club.
Dr Philip Pattenden, a senior tutor at Peterhouse College, said: "The death of Mingwei Tan, an undergraduate at Peterhouse who was due to start her third year at the college, is reported with much regret.
"She was doing very well in medical sciences and was a popular member of our community, always full of joy.
"She will be truly missed... The college is greatly saddened by its loss and extends its sympathy to the family," he was quoted as saying.
Flowers and messages of tribute have been left at the site where Ms Tan's body was found.
Those who knew her also posted messages of condolence online and on Facebook.
"We will miss you. Your lovely sweet smile and your ever-passionate attitude towards things in life will always remain in our hearts. May God bless and watch over your family as they go through this period," said one message from one of her former teachers. Dylan Loh
My condolence to the bereaved family. May MM Lee dear spouse RIP. 
RIP! 