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Invasion of fliers
RIICHE is irked that fliers have now invaded trains. A woman went
around the carriages passing fliers and samples of a brand of
detergent on the train he was on. 'I couldn't even say no because
she just shoved it onto my lap.'
He says: 'Isn't distribution of anything illegal inside trains? If
students aren't allowed to collect donations for good causes on
trains, why should companies be allowed to give out fliers?'
Lilien-says thinks those people were doing it without the
permission of SMRT. 'I got chased away before for standing too near
the MRT station while selling flags.'
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Question of deferment
OPINIONS are mixed over whether 17-year-old violinist Ike See
should be allowed to defer his national service to pursue his music
studies.
Demon-Hunter thinks he should be. 'You don't get some prestigious
US music school calling you up every day.' CCloh added: 'Well,
Singapore just buried its own talent.'
However, others like Robochop think it's no big deal. 'One less
string player, no big deal,' he said.
Alvinaloy added that if he's really so talented, he can probably
get in after NS.
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