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"Never test your government"

As most of the editors and freelance writers for CNC have been recently arrested under the ISA, it is extremely sad to announce that this website has to be shutdown for the time being. On behalf of everyone here in CNC, I would like to thank all our readers for your continual supports over the last 1 year. Let's hope that this CNC website will begin operating real soon.  -- Chief Ed

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Why All The Troubles, National Pimples Foundation?

The National Pimples Foundation has successfully raised S$8millions over the 2 charity shows that it has staged over the last month for its acne patients. Grand prizes such as a house, a car and cash were used to entice the public to donate generously. However, members of the public are left wondering why does NPF have to go through such troubles, when they can just redirect the money spent on prizes for proper use. 

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3As, 1B, 2 S-Paper Merits, Not Good Enough For Scholarship

KAY SIANG ROAD, SINGAPORE -- Based on the statistics of the last year "Air" Level examination, the number of students getting perfect score has increased dramatically. Perfect Score, that is 4 As, 2 S-Paper Distinctions and 2 "Air-Old" Level A1s. The statistics shows that there were altogether 2,299 students achieving this result, out of a total 20,200 students taking the "Air" Level examination last year, a whopping 10%! With only about 1,500 scholarships around, this means not all of these perfect students will get a scholarship. In a telephone interview with the authority, the spoke-person said, "This is a good sign, it now give us more leeway to weed out laggard in our society. In fact, if this is the trend to go, any student who do not get perfect score in the future will have to take up a corrective action course at Changi Prison. We will increase the number of scholarship at the same time, but the number will be based on the model for the COE".

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SOMMERSET ROAD, SINGAPORE --  In a study of consumer behaviors to telemarketers, NUS student, Mr. Tom Tan feels that most consumers really hate telemarketers. "When you're self-employed, you jump when the phone rings, hoping it's a client, not a doggone telemarketer," he said. At first, the NUS student was patient -- " I was nice for weeks!" -- but when the calls wouldn't let up he started playing gags on the salespeople. "They'd call about a security system and I'd say, 'I'm robbing the place right now, but you might want to try back later'." He told a funeral parlor trying to sell a burial plan he was waiting for a sign from God as to whether he should kill himself, and the funeral call was it. "You're the angel of death, man," he told him. The gag apparently did not perturb the funeral man. "If we can get the paperwork out to you this afternoon, can you hold off [killing yourself] until tomorrow?" was the reply.