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by Leong Sze Hian, theonlinecitizen
The outcome of means testing may be akin to "reverse means testing", as the majority who are lower income or who live in HDB flats, may all have to pay hgher premiums, to in a sense, subsidise richer Singaporeans who fail means testing.
by Satish Cheney, Channel NewsAsia
I think the message should be getting into many people's head: the point of the ERP is not to shift traffic from one road to another, as the BKE/Bikit Timah Road example given in this article. The point of the ERP system is get people not to drive.
by Joachim Herrmann, Reuters
by The Boy Who Knew Too Much
Yo may question my extension of the situation into other artistic realms by point out that the stated reason that foreigners could not perform was that no foreigner was allowed to comment on Singapore affairs. Yet, all art, of any kind, is a comment on the societies to which the artist has been exposed.
by Thomson Financial
Singapore's unemployment rate fell to a decade-low of 1.6 percent in the fourth quarter in seasonally adjusted terms, as a strong domestic economy created more job opportunities, data from the Ministry of Manpower showed Thursday.
See Also:
Employment Situation In Fourth Quarter 2007, by Ministry of Manpower, Singapore Government.
Foreigners One-Third Of Singapore Workforce - Govt, by AFP.
by Aaron Ng, Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
Sometimes, I just wish that my government loosen up a little and stop assuming that Singaporeans are mindless zombies that will absorb anything and everything that other people have to say.
by Insane Polygons
Sometimes failure is not the worst thing in life.
by Crystal Tein, TheCheers
by Neo Chai Chin, Today
by Leong Wee Keat, Today
This "critical" review of the ERP system, which has changed little since 1998, aims to ensure motorists see the benefits of paying.
by John McHenderson Lackey, Straits Times
I am proud to call Singapore my home but feel it is time for Singapore to recognise that in today's world the traditional definitions of race/ethnicity no longer exist.
by Karen Tan, Ministry of Health, and Cheong Swee Ying, Ministry of Finance, Straits Times
by Melissa Chia, Reuters
by Channel NewsAsia
by Mr Wang Says So
Well, yes, the Dark Ages still prevail in Singapore. However, most other developed countries moved on long ago. They already discovered that gays are human beings too, you see.
by Daniel Chin, Singapore's Land Tansport
Though the North-South Expressway is welcomed, I foresee a fierce fight put up by people who are supportive of environment causes. Why? The expressways will most likely cut through part of hte nature reserves and the fringe of hte reservoirs.
by Indonesian Network For Crisis And Reform
For those who has lived in the Indonesian villages, you will realise that the Indonesian poor are much happier than the poor Singaporean.
by Fusion Despatches
by Watching The Singapore Economy
by AFP
The Government of Signapore Investment Corporation (GIC), fresh from multi-billion-dollar capital injections into troubled global financial institutions, has the capacity for an additional bailout, a report said Wednesday.
by Singapore Government
Following LTA studies, the government has given the go-ahead to build the North-South Expressway or NSE by 2002 to cater to the projected growth in travel between the northern and city areas.
To shorten bus journey and waiting times, and reduce crowding, we will enhance the frequency of basic bus services.
Today, trunk buses are not allowed to run routes that are parallel to rail lines. However, LTA has reviewed and will relax this rule for the mature rail lines, namely the North-South and East-West lines, where ridership is high and the scoe for expanding rail capacity quickly is limited.
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ERP Rates, More Gantries To Go Up - But Road Tax Cut By 15%, by Christopher Tan, Straits Times.
by Gerald Giam, theonlinecitizen
Singaoreans have been presented with the rationale for means testing, but not the numbers to back it up.
by The Legal Janitor
by Desmond Ng, New Paper
It's been 14 years since the HDB last raised its income ceiling for new flats from $7,000 to $8,000.
by Tessa Wong and Carolyn Quek, Straits Times
For New Town Secondary, the drowning of Daniel Syawal Jailani, 12, was a terrible start to its swimming programme.
by Christopher Tan, Straits Times
After holding out for over a month, Singapore's smallest cab operator, Prime Taxis, will raise its fares to come in line with other companies here.
by Asif Ansar, Today
Prices for tickets at all Cathay cineplexes will go up tomorrow, adding to the rash of recent price increases including taxi fares, electronic road pricing and cooking gas.
by Teo Xuanwei, Today
The government's decision to raise the draw-down age to 65 for the Central Provident Fund's (CPF) Minimum Sum drew a chorus of opposing voices when it was announced last Ausut, but some 75 per cent of those eligible for monthly CPF payouts have now agreed to defer receiving the disbursements.
by Siew Kum Hong
Are there any safeguards or restrictions on the use or distribution of the information by the 5 Japanese studios?
by Chua Hian Hou, Straits Times
In an oral judgement, Justice Woo Bih Li ordered PacNet to reveal the identities of alleged anime downloaders to six studios producing the anmated Japanese cartoons.
Justice Woo also dismised the original plaintiff's - anime distributor Odex - request for the same names, and ordered it to pay PacNet's legal fees of $20,000.
by Philip Bowring, Asia Sentinel
It is gradually becoming clear that western countries on the receiving end of Sovereign Wealth Fund money are going to be looking at more than whether they should allow takeovers and major investments from these national treasure troves.
by Salma Khalik, Straits Times
by Chia-Peck Wong, Bloomberg
Temasek Holdings Pte, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, raised its stake in Standard Chartered Plc to 19 percent, taking advantage of a nine-day, 20 percent slump in the London-based bank's stock.
by moribund
We are told that all shall be forgiven in the name of pursuing economic progress. Economic progres stands above all - the law, the rights of people and freedom.
by Satish Cheney, Channel NewsAsia
by Aaron Ng, Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
by Reuters
Singapore's central bank said on Monday that it was not possible to eliminate fraud in the financial sector completely, but stressed that the boards and managements of banks are responsible for averting such incidents.
by Darren Lee Siak Fei, Today
by Leo Chen Ian, Disabled People's Association, Today
by Jeremy Au Yong, Straits Times
A video of a choir singing complaints about Singpaore has been posted online, after the group decided to call off all its public performance.
by Maria Almenoar, Lee Pei Qi and April Chong, Straits Times
And some make an extra trip upstream for a seat. Situation set to improve with additional train trips.
by Png Eng Huat, Straits Times
Why make a needy resident repeat his or her sad story over and over again to administrators of different help schemes funded by a common ministry just to get enough money for basic living expenses?
by Aaron Thng, Straits Times
I would like to seek SMRT's justification as to why trains have been running less when the peak-hour situation has not been redressed.
See Also:
Longer Waits, Packed Trains, by Tan San San, Straits Times.
by Reuters
by Hard Hitting In The Lion City
If you are going to spend $16 billion of Singpaore's money, why can't you get a seat on the board?
by Simple Girl, Simple Life
The best thing of this Choir is that there are no audition!
by e Wheel Of Life
by Ong Jiin Joo
by Baloney And Balls
It was a good journey, one that I would always remember.
by mrbrown
by Reuters
The Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) turned down an offer of a seat on the board of UBS AG to assuage concerns the city-state might take control of the Swiss bank, local media rported on Monday, quoting GIC deputy chairman Tony Tan.
by The Age
Travellers, budget carriers and long-established airlines will all be winners when the Singapore-Kuala Lumpr air route opens to competition on Friday, analysts and industry players said.
by Peter Thal Larsen and Martin Dickson, Financial Times
Singapore's Government Investment Corporation has promised greater disclosure about its activities, amid mounting concerns about the secretive fund's influence after high-profile ivnestments in UBS and Citigroup.
Tony Tan, deputy chairman of GIC and a former Singapore deputy prime minister, said the fund planned to become more transparent as part of a broader effort by sovereign wealth funds to agree a set of common standards. However, Mr Tan would not be drawn on what areas of disclosure GIC would improve, arguing that this was a decision for the Singaporean government.
See Also:
Sovereign Wealth, by Financial Times. The International Monetary Fund has already asked Singapore, Norway and Abu Dhabi to take the lead in drawing up disclosure benchmarks for sovereign wealth funds. But it is obviously fair for the latter to ask, in retunr, for greater clarity from potential recipients.
by Paul Jacob and Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times
Close ties during Suharto years helped the republic to prosper.
See Also:
Hero Or Villian?, by Devi Asmarani, Straits Times. Suharto lauded for economic growth; rapped for lack of human rights.
by Steven Feuerstein, FeuerThoughts
Overall I got the sense that the government of Singapore offered a very interesting "deal" to its citizens: behave and follow the rules, and we will give you very little to complain about.
by Singapore Angle
And since our leaders understand the importance of privacy to Ah Kong Companies (GIC/Temasek), I hope that they will also understand why us Tan Ah Kows also value our privacy and that there will be speedier progress on legislating a Data Protection Act.
by Joel Tan, theonlinecitizen
by Nazry Bahrawi, Today
"These are tactical decision, which have to be made... with the safest and most sensible way to ensur ethat the civilian population and air traffic in Singapore are taken care of," defence minister Teo Chee Hean said.
by Gunasegaran Suppiah, Straits Times
The network of bike lanes available for Singaporeans is pathetic. And that is putting it mildly. Also the level of consideration shown by motorists to cyclists is minimal at best.
by Bernama
by May Wong, Channel NewsAsia
by The Void Deck
by The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist
Is the PAP creating a bad precedent for parliamentary accountability? If the deal is so good, why hide the information from the people?
by Choo Zheng Xi, theonlinecitizen
Almost a month of rehearsals went by without incident. It was only two or three days before the first performance date that a different government department started making life difficult for the choir.
The authorities' vacillation and hamfisted tactics have already been resentfully noted by members of the arts community, and have been most deeply felt by the members of the choir.
by Mark Kleinman, Telegraph
The PM of Singapore is a staunch defender of its wealth funds — but does not want a free press.
by Melanie Lee, Reuters
A choir that planned to sing a list of complaints about life in Singapore cancelled its performances after the city-state banned its foreign members from singing, organizers said on Saturday.
The 60-member "complaints choir", a concept that originated from two Finnish artists, was scheduled to perform at a weekend festival but authorities granted a performance license on the condition that the foreigners would not participate.
by Presenting The(new)mediaslut!
by Straits Times
by Seah Chiang Nee, The Star
Weighed against its ambition to become a vibrant global city, Singapore is pathetically short in social graces.
by Zachary Abuza, Counterterrorism Blog
Singapore has one of the most successful jihadist rehabilitation programs and deserves both credit and attention.
by Elia Diodati, E Pur Si Muove
by Chong Zi Liang, New Paper
Poor N-level results, but they make poly cut at Sec 5.
by Leong Sze Hian, theonlinecitizen
by Cheow Xin Yi, Today
by Lim Wei Chean, Straits Times
The lone Singapore taxi company to decide against raising its fares last month could soon reverse that decision.
by David Boey, Straits Times
Piloted by two Austrlians, it was on a 'test flight' from Koh Samui Airport and was expected to return to the private airport on the resort isle, Thai aviation authorities said yesterday.
by Tan Hui Leng, Today
Landmarks to open integrated project with casino on Bintan.
by Jane Ng, Straits Times
For the first time, the five polytechnics in Singapore will reveal the cut-off scores for each of their courses so that students aiming for a place in a popular course will be able to guage their chances of getting in.
Er, the headline of this article doesn't match the actual content.
by Hasnita A. Majid, Channel NewsAsia
If you have an innovative idea, you can make use of government's assets. But you need to be the first one to come up with the idea.
Great idea, except that the two example quoted in the article are, in my opinion, no where near innovative at all.
by Cowboy Caleb
Here is the sorry state of the Singapore blogosphere in 2008.
And one more recommendation: read Dave Winer's blog too.
by Loh Kim Chin, Channel NewsAsia
This is depite revenue growing 7 percent to S$202 million due to higher ridership.
by Reuters
by Reuters
by Christopher Tan, Straits Times
In what could well be Singapore's most aggressive public transport infrastructure plans ever, the govenment is spending $40 billion to doulbe the MRT network by 2020. Transport minister Raymond Lim said two new lines will be built - barely nine months after he gave the go-ahead to the $12 billion 40km Downtown Line.
One, the Thomson Line, runs to the left of and almost parallel to the North-east Line. To be completeed in 2018, it will have 18 stations and links Marina Bay in the south to Woodlands in the north.
The other is the Eastern Region Line, which is a southern loop of the Downtown Line's eastern wing, and link sMarina Bay to Changi. It is scheduled for completion in 2020.
See Also:
Speech By Mr Raymond Lim, Minister For Transport, At The Visit To Kim Chuan Depot, 25 January 2008, 9.00AM, by Singapore Government.
by Looking For LaLaLand
We are ready to stand on our own. And I dare say also that we of the new generation will do even much better than he did. Only thing is, the government under his tutelage seems to think not — in spite of all its exhortations to get us to be creative, daring, entrepreneurial and all.
by New Straits Times
Low-cost air services with Singapore could be extended to several cities in Malaysia besides Kuala Lumpur. Transport minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy said discussions under the bilateral air services agreeemntw ill be held soon. Ipoh would be one of the destinations.
by Danny Fortson, The Independent
For Western politicians and executives, the worry is that opaque funds from the likes of China, Qatar and Libya may buy strategically sensitive companeis, or be motivated by political or other less than commercial reasons. Temasek is desperate not to be tarred with the same brush.
by Reuters
Singapore has freed five Islamic militants belonging to the al Qaeda-linked group Jemaah Islamiah (JI) and on emember of the Philippines' separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the government said on Thursday.
The Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement that is has also detained two "self-radicalised" men and has placed another on restriction orders, under which his movements would be monitored for posing "potential terrorist threat".
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
What is a world-class education? I believe it is defiitley not one that is build solely on KPIs and 100% pass rate.
I don't know what is truly a world-class educatoin, but here's an inspiration from Bill Strickland who "founded Manchester Bidwell, a world-class institute in his native Pittsburgh devoted to vocational instruction in partnership with big business."
by Tan May Ping, New Paper
Why would someone fly into Singapore's airspace without filing a flight plan? The Tuesday incident, in which a civilian Cessna 208 had to be escorted by fighter jets to land at Changi Airport, had several pilots puzzled.
by Juliana Thay Hui Cheng, Straits Times
We need to have teachers who nurture and encourage our children. The key to learning is motivation, and teachers play a very important role in inspiring that precious spirit. No child should ever be labelled a 'failure' or denied help.
by Ansley Ng, Today
It was a figure that raised eyebrows and drew incredulous reactions from some taxi drivers as well as commuters — leading ComfortDelGro to yesterday clarify a mistaken impression: $318 in daily average takings accounts for a taxi's takings over two shifts.
With most taxis shared between two drivers, to defray costs and working hours, the average daily takings for each cabbie — before deducting rent and petrol costs — wold work out to $159. Minus expenses, this would mean the average driver pockets about $85 a day.
by Reuters
An animal rights organisation criticised Singapore Airlines on Thursday for an advertisement using an elephant to sell flights.
by Jed Yoong, Asia Sentinel
AirAsia is betting it can beat two of Asia's most established airlines on the lucrative Singapore-Malaysia route.
by John Jannarone, Wall Street Journal
Singapore's inflation hit a 25-year high in December, creating fresh pressure to tighten policy just as the island braces for an economic downturn.
Tuesday's surprise move by the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut the federal funds rate by 0.75 percentage point could further complicate matters for Singapore as the island's low interest rates fuel rising asset prices.
by Antara News
by DPA
by Lee Siew Peng, Organic-Ally
Can the Singapore economy continue to grow when we become bankrupt of the ability to be gracious to our neighbours, workers, customers, tourists, the elderly or our own family?
Can the democratic (or any other) process flourish when we are unable to entertain alternative views?
by The Wannabe Economist
It's funny how people can think that they own the entire damn road just because they pay road tax.
by Passages In Time
by Aaron Ng, Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
by Shamim Adam, Bloomberg
Singapore's industrial production probably fell for a second month in December as U.S. customers cut orders for the island's electronics and pharmaceuticals.
by Kor Kian Beng, New Paper
by Tracey Ford, PopEater Music Blog
by Cheryl Lim, Joel Kong, Today
I am tired of seeing school banners that boast of "100-per-cent passes" or "value-added for another year".
Bosses who mainly use measurements and KPIs to award their staff are simply too lazy to properly observe and assess how good or bad their staff are doing their jobs.
by Lee Pei Qi and Amy Tan, Straits Times
Number of elderly whose bodies lay unclaimed is rising; groups keeping tabs on those living alone.
by Today
SMRT said that more than 400 staff were activated as early as 4.40am to assist commuters and resume service. It deployed 70 buses because this was the maximum number possible withotu disrupting regular services islandwide.
See Also:
SMRT responded Rapidly To Service Disruption, by Goh Chee Kong, SMRT Corporation Ltd, Straits Times.
by Cheow Xin Yi, Today
Despite the ongoing concerns, economists think it unlikely that the government will further target the exchange rate to curb imported inflation after its surprise move to let the Singapore dollar appreciate faster in October.
by Li Xueying, Straits Times
Even if just 30 to 40 per cent of new immigrants here do eventually make Singapore their permanent hoe, this will strengthen Singapore's capabilities immensely. Minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew gave this upbeat assessment even as he acknowledges that some immigrants use Singapore as a 'stepping stone'.
by Reuters
The head of Singapore's Government Investment Corporation (GIC), which has agreed to make a massive capital injection in UBS, is against the idea of the Swiss bank spinning off its investment bank unit, a Swiss media report said.
by Thomson Financial
The Monetary Authority of Singpaore (MAS) may have to make a tough call in setting the city-state's monetary policy as it faces a choice between curbing soaring inflation and supporting economic growth against the strong downward pull of the US economy this year, economists said Wednesday.
by May Wong, Channel NewsAsia
Singapore's prime minister Lee Hsien Loong said it is likely that the United States will go into a recession, but he is confident Singapore and Asia can weather the storm.
As far as I can tell, PM Lee did not rule out a recession for Singapore. We are one quarter of contraction away from one.
by Andrew Ong, theonlinecitizen
by Joanne Leow, Channel NewsAsia
While the government is committed to investing more money into healthcare, Mr Khaw said he wants to see subsidies going to those who need it most.
by Shamim Adam, Bloomberg
Singapore's inflation accelerated in December to the highest since 1982, placing pressure on the central bank to allow faster gains in the currency.
The consumer price index jumped 4.4 percent from a year earlier, after gaining 4.2 percent in November, the Department of Statistics said today. Economists had forecast a 4.3 percent increase. Prices rose 0.5 percent from November.
by Department Of Statistics, Singapore Government
The consumer price index in December 2007 rose by 0.5 per cent over November 2007. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the consumer price index in December 2007 went up by the same 0.5 per cent over previous month.
Compared with December 2006, the consumer price index in December 2007 was 4.4 per cent higher.
(Note: PDF Document.)
by Alexis Hooi, China Daily
by Song Eui-dal, Digital Chosunilbo
Singapore and Hong Kong are inveterate rivals. These two region shave recently started a fresh round of compeittion — a "brain gain" race, or a bid to lure talented foreign professionals.
by Reuters
Singapore closed its commercial airspace for almost an hour on Tuesday as fighter jets scrambled to intercept a small plane headed towards the city-state without permission, the Civil Aviation Authority said on Wednesday.
See Also:
MINDEF Statement On Civilian Aircraft Intercepted By The RSAF, by Mindef, Singapore Government.
by George Fu, Epoch Times
"What is really significant is that Singaporeans are now vocal and daring enough to come out and say 'hey, this is human rights, contrary to what the government has been telling us. Human rights do not belong to just the West. We want human rights too and we deserve humanrights as well."
by Siow Jia Rui, Today
by Yeo Ghim Lay, Straits Times
The Housing Board cannot accurately predict demand for HDB flats years down the road. However, it will be flexible and boost the supply of flats when needed, minister of state for national development Grace Fu said yesterday.
by Cheah Khuan Yew, Straits Times
SMRT should have managed the situation better by dispatching shuttle buses from each of the affected stations to Tanah Merah instead of sending them on a lengthy route through Tampines and Simei.
See Also:
Shuttle Passengers Taken On 1 1/2 -Hour Tour Of East, by Tng Kok Khim. The driver of the shuttle bus that SMRT engaged did not know the route to take from one station to the next.
Train Operator Failed Miserably With Its Contingency Plans, by Latifah Ahamd, Straits Times.
by Alfred Siew, Straits Times
Disagreement over fees keep MediaCorp's HD channels off of StarHub's cable service.
by Nazry Bahrawi, Today
by Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia
by Straits Times
by Jermyn Chow, Straits Times
The transport minister assured the house that the Land Transport Authority would continue to monitor the situation over the next 3 to 4 months and work with taxi operators and associations.
by Straits Times
They are recipients on public assistance and undischarged bankrupts, according to MCYS definition.
by AFP
Singaproe arrested more than 5,000 foreign prostitutes last year but it is unrealistic to expect vice to be eliminated, the home affairs minister has told parliament.
by Mr Wang Says So
In the end, the students will just have to settle for staid old Mr Wang. And even then, the Ministry of Education only picks my more-conservative works.
by Konstaintin Sonin, Moscow Times
We have already accustomed to a growing U.S. trade deficit and to the fact that the developing world finances American consumers to a large degree. It may now be the case that taxpayer's money from developing contries being sent to the United States will end up covering losses incurred by irresponsible bankers and inattentive market regulators.
Keeping faith in the United States' economy nd democracy comes at a price indeed.
by Gillian Wong, Associated Press
by And Now The Hollow Resurfaces..
Today, indeed, I experienced Singaporeans in their full glory. Who says SG peole are an ungracious lot?
by Zm. The Studious* Bloke.
by Stephen Smoliar, Net News Publisher
Countries like Singapore and, for that matter, China have benefitted from Western societies making (and, more importantly, paying for) those bold moves; but that does not mean that they are now willing to pay for them, however well-endowed their economies may be.
by Straits Times
by BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits
How easily Tharman makes a clean break between the investment arms of government and the PAP cabinet!
by Leong Sze Hian, theonlinecitizen
by Presenting The(new)mediaslut!
Cheap doesn't always mean good. That's what about 200 Tiger Airways passengers found out on Dec 7, 2007.
by Thomson Financial
Citigroup said Monday it has cut its 2008 GDP growth forecast for Singapore to 5.6 percent from 6.2 percent given expectations of a sharper economic slowdown in the US, a key export market of the city-state.
by Max Delany, Moscow Times
by Thomas Koshy, Today
The negative reaction of students, parents and others followeing the incident is evidence the principal's actions shold not be condoned, the minister's comments notwithstanding. Hopefully educators realise this.
by Zul Othman, Today
by Tan Hui Leng, Today
MPs debate whether to up $8,000 ceiling for DBSS buyers.
The other question is: should we (market-)subsidise the building of public flats for the higher-incomes above the ceiling?
by Sheralyn Tay, Today
With six members of parliament (MPs) — five of them Malay-Muslim — voicing their support, Singapore made history in becoming the first country to enshrine the principle of assumed consent for Muslims within an organ donation law.
by Jinny Koh, Today
Even as an overhaul of the public transport system is being rolled out, SMRT's train services encountered their longest delay in at least 10 years.
See Also:
Damaged Train Disrupts Service For 7 Hours, by Maria Almenoar, Straits Times. Residents believe there was a collision, but SMRT is still investigating.
A Crisis Mismanaged, by Gurmt Singh Kullar, Mong Kok Thong, Today.
by Ng Jing Yng, Today
On Saturday, without fanfare or effort to publicise it, the Malaysia Immigration Department began a trial towards a more convenient "paperless system" at both the Woodlands and Tuas chekcpoints, according to a spokesman from the Malaysia High Commission.
For travellers, it means no more having to fill up the four-page immigration card every time they enter Malsyai from Singapore — visitors need only produce their passport to be inspected and stamped at the immigration checkpoints.
by Nazry Bahrawi, Today
Tharman: Yes, they're 'good, long-term investments' with risks thoroughly assessed.
by Ng Gek Noi, Straits Times
Is this how organisations are run these days? Staff no longer dare to take ownership of a problem, nor responsibility in the matter.
And I'm guessing that no front-line staff are empowered to do things right for the customer. It's all "processes" and "procedures" (read: red tape) from here to eternity.
by Aaron Ng, Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
by Straits Times
The government will take a 'hands off' approach on investments made by its sovereign wealth funds in banks inlcuding Citigroup Inc, amid the subprime meltdown, finance minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said in parliament on Monday.
by Channel NewsAsia
by Straits Times
The Economic Development Board (EDB), which released its investment report for 2007, said the outlook for Singapore for this year remains positive even as a worldwide economic slowdown is expected.
See Also:
EDB Reports An Outstanding Year Of Growth And Quality Investments In 2007, by Economic Development Board (EDB), Singapore Government.
by Mr Wang Says So
Students may never realise that their education is being shaped, not by considerations of what is good for them, but by considerations of what is good for their principal.
by Marlina, Me, Myself And I
See Also:
This Is The Cause Of The MRT Disruption, by Terence Low, STOMP.
MRT Train Service Disruption, by SMRT Corporation Ltd. (PDF Document)
by Elysa Chan, New Paper
Some commuters find cost of taking taxis and cost of owning small cars almost equal.
by Lai Yew Chan, Today
Commuter needs could be met more effectively if they are allowed to participate in the decision-making process.
by P N Balji, Today
Whacked down to its basics, the bus-as-king-of-the-road strategy announced on Friday can be boiled down to three Cs: Convenience, competition and the car.
by Andrew Loh, theonlinecitizen
by Zakir Hussain, Straits Times
Opposition activists have called for a reform of the electoral system here and aim to set up a committee to see how this can be achieved.
by Insane Polygons
Afterall this is a guy who comes from an organisation that celebrates unfettered stupidity, where orders are to be followed and obeyed no matter how stupid it is. So what kind of an explanation were you hoping from him?
by Nur Dianah Suhaimi, Straits Times
by Jamie Ee, Chen Meiyue and Alex Liam, Straits Times
With petrol prices and taxi fares going through the roof, sharing rides is becoming more popular here. Recently, at least five online websites have sprung up on carpooling last common in the 1970s.
by Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia
Introducing competition into the bus industry may be challenging because the incumbents are established players.
by Koh Gui Qing, Reuters
Singapore's export-driven economy, which sharnk in the fourth quarter, will feel the impact of a slowdown in the United States but will just avoid recession, analysts said on Friday.
by Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia
Means testing will likely be implemented in the later part of this year, said health minister Khaw Boon Wan on Saturday. He also added that his ministry does not rule out tweaking MediShield coverage.
by Singapore Indian Voice
This is not the first time Mr Lee Kuan Yew has bullied local reporters who show some semblance of independent thinking.
by Stressed Teacher
by Looking For LaLaLand
I am just simply floored that a minister who is suppose to inspire has instead taken the low road of "pragmatism". And I thought the PM just recently spoke about a City Of Possibilities.
by Bernard Leong, Simple Is The Reason Of My Heart
If we start empowering our educators and offer them the venue to work and help students without putting too much emphasis on KPIs, the teachrs in our country might be able to inspire our students to achieve what we never imagine for the future of this country.
by Elia Diodati, E Pur Si Muove
by Chua Hian Hou, Straits Times
StarHub will be the big winner when new rules come out later this year that will allow consumers to keep their old numbers when switching phone companies, says a leading analyst.
by Lawrenz Sim Chee Choon, Straits Times
Judging from the effect she had on the majority of the students, it is extremely difficult to believe that she 'meant well.'
See Also:
Individual Counselling Would Have Been Better, by Marissa Teo Ruishan, Straits Times.
by Wong Mun Wai, Channel NewsAsia
by Daniel Chin, Singapore's Land Tansport
by Mollymeek
by Straits Times
First, the government will take back control of the planning of routes from the two main public transport companies. Then the bus market will be opened up to more competition.
Transport minister Raymond Lim announced the plans to make public transport a choice mode and a viable alternative to the car on Friday morning. The overhaul will take place over the next few years.
See Also:
Speech By Mr Raymond Lim, Minister For Transport And Second Minister For Foreign Affairs, At The Launch Of The Land Transport Gallery, 18 January 2008, 9.20 AM. (Singapore Government)
by Reuters
Flag carriers Malaysian Airline System Bhd and Singapore Airlines are reviewing their cooperation agreement covering the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore route, the Malaysian airline said on Thursday. "Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines are considering the framework of their long-standing agreement on services between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, to take into account the entry of new competitors into this market," it said in an email to Reuters.
by Sydney Morning Herald
Jetstar is considering using Changi Airport as its key overseas long-haul hub, amid growing speculation it cold act with its 45 per cent Qantas-owned Singaporean affiliate, Jetstar Asia, to offer joint services into Europe.
by Insane Polygons
The fear of being left behind has been craved into the national psyche.
by Mr Wang Says So
What's the worst that could happen? One year later, you find that you can't make it to the poly. You can still go to the ITE then. Where's the damage? None that I can see. (And no, the size of your principal's annual bonus is not relevant.)
by Andrew Loh, theonlinecitizen
Without institutionalized reforms put in place, Dr Chee feels any election swill be futile undertakings by opposition parties.
by Frederick Yeo, Today
by Tara Tan and Amy Tan, Straits Times
With gold hitting a record high of US$909 an ounce on Monday, Singaporeans are cashing in.
by Parker Lim, MediaCorp TV, Straits Times
by Neo Chai Chin, Today
Wages are set to increase in the year ahead, but inflation may curb the purchasing power of your fatter paycheque, according to a survey on salary trends.
by Sheralyn Tay, Today
Why is 85 the cut-off age for MediShield — the government's catastrophic illness insurance scheme — asked Mdm Halimah, who heads the government parliamentary committee for health, and a member of parliament for Jurong GRC.
by Dorothy Bangayan, Sun.Star Davao
Singapore, the land of lah's and laksa, of bee eng chiang and kopi roti, of sate barbecues and chili crabs. The cuisine betrays the stiffness Singapore is known for.
by Christopher Chew, Jakarta Post
by Thomson Financial
Singapore's consumer price index (CPI) is expected to show a further rise in December after surging to a 25-year high in November, as prices of food and transport continued to climb.
by Channel NewsAsia
A new strain of viral disease called chikungunya, which is transmitted in the same way as dengue fever by aedes mosquitoes, has been detected in Singapore.
by Kevin Lim, Reuters
Singapore's biggest sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday its large investments in banks Citigroup Inc and UBS AG are unique at a time of financial turmoil and did not represent a strategy shift.
by Hasnita A. Majid, Channel NewsAsia
by Introspective
by The Keropok
by Aaron Ng, Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
There is no excuse for the behaviour of this principal, and Lui Tuck Yew just made things worse defending the principal.
To demoralise hardworking students with such insensitive remarks is not the right thing to do for an educator.
by Gerald Giam, SIngapore Patriot
The principal was clearly in the wrong and it would have been better to just admit it and move on.
by Michele Ford and Lenore Lyons, Inside Indonesia
Working=class Singaporeans travel to Indonesia's Riau Islands in search of a fantasy built around sex.
by Choo Zheng Xi, theonlinecitizen
Our politicians will have to speak beyond their political constituencies with an eye to more than winning elections. They need to speak to history as it will be seen years later, and create a national narrative that will shape our country's destiny, whatever that may be.
by Liew Hanqing and Desmong Ng, New Paper
When we spoke to students from schools which have uniforms similar to those pictured on the website, they were outraged by the misuse of their uniforms.
This is a perfectly good time for Singapore schools to drop the idea of wearing a uniform.
by The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist
The bigger question here is can the government investment corps and Temasek Holdings come out to justify the deal?
Such deals, I suspect, will only yield good results in the long term. Unfortunately, in the long term, all of key players and stakeholders will be dead.
by Looi Teik Soon, Public Transport Council, Today
by Alicia Wong, Today
In three out of four key health indicators, a group of lower-income, mainly elderly, residents at Henderson Road are faring poorer compared to the national average.
Hence, if the CPF annuity plan were to be implemented as earlier announced, these poorer folks will be forking out money to the more wealthy and longer-living people to enjoy.
by Neo Chai Chin, Today
Demand for 'condo-like' HDB flats outstrip supply by five times.
by Chua Hian Hou, Straits Times
Singapore consumers who want to get their hands on Apple's iPhone, hailed as Time Magazine's gadget of the year for 2007, will have to wait.
The reason: None of the three mobile phone operators here has been able to lock down a deal with the California-based tech giant.
by Chin Yuh Wen, Straits Times
This incident seems to tell us that there is no clear ownership of this Tourist Pass product within Ez-Link and STB. Nobody can do anything: it's all red-tapes.
by Jane Ng, Straits Times
Parents and students may disagree with the tone a principal used when she told some Secondary 5 students to apply for the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) instead of doing the O levels, but the message was one that had to be delivered, said minister of state for education Lui Tuck Yew on Wednesday.
by AFP
by T. Sima Gunawan, Jakarta Post
Indonesia has many good doctors, so why do so many people seek healthcare abroad?
by For What It's Worth
Is it a case of feeling scared that his time is running out, when he sees his former counterparts all being hospitalised or dead, and subtly wants to remind the people of all the good he has done?
by Daily Backtrack
Singaporeans are far luckier than Indonesians because we were led not by a general, but by a lawyer. Without the propensity for armed conflict inherent in all men of the battle, I think we turned out pretty similiar to our islandic neighbours,just a lot better.
Ain't that right?
by Aaron Ng, Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
The problem with GIC and Temasek spending billions is that they are sovereign wealth funds. Spending such huge sums of money without parliamentary accountability is clearly disturbing to some people.
by Ian On The Red Dot
Maybe Singapore's public transport system isn't as good as we claim it to be.
by Salma Khalik, Straits Times
The bottom half of all workers will continue to get full subsidy at public hospitals.
by Andrew Chia Lye Hock, Straits Times
Citizens in the older age group were not given warning in their younger years that that is the direction the government would look in eventually.
by New Paper
In both instances, the schools failed in compassion, a basic virtue in education. Held up against their actions, talk about giving people a second chance seemed hollow, at least to the pupils and their parents.
But the larger question is: What is driving our schools to take such measures?
by Benjamin Scent and Karen Wong, The Standard
Singapore is catching up to Hong Kong in terms of economic freedom and could soon surpass the SAR.
by Channel NewsAsia
See Also:
Singapore Apparently Paid Citi More When China Refused, by Dow Jones.
by Raphael Minder, Financial Times
by The Canadian Press
Asia is home to the world's freest - and most repressed - economies, but Europe ranked highest as a region in terms of economic freedom, an annual report released Tuesday by the Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal said.
Hong Kong and Singapore retained their No. 1 and No. 2 rankings respectively on the annual Index of Economic Freedom for the 14th successive year. Both port cities benefit from low taxes and liberalized trade. Hong Kong, however, saw its score dip slightly due to higher inflation and greater tax revenues.
by Retirement: A Full-Time Job
by Martin Manurung
Mr Lee, I can't understand what you mean by 'not getting the honours that he deserves'. What Suharto does not get is justice for all his crimes and corruptions.
by Because Life Is About Passion
by Jason Shafrin, Healthcare Economist
Regardless of your stand on universal health care, instituting co-pays is an important means to control cost.
by The Fox Hole
by Max Davidson, Telegraph
In the five years since I last visited, Singapore has not just spawned more banks, skyscrapers and malls, but let its hair down in all kinds of unexpected ways.
by Daphne Maia, Lost In Reverie
The overall standard of English teachers/tutors is rapidly declining.
by Bryan Caplan, EconLog
by Singapore Government
The Ministerial Committee on Ageing (MCA) releasd its report card on the work accomplished by the Singapore Government on ageing issues for 2007. The MCA, whose vision is of "Successful Ageing For Singapore", released the status report based on four strategic thrusts: Enchance employability and financial security; provide holistic and affordable healthcare and eldercare; enable ageing-in-place; and promote active ageing.
Good progress has been made in the four identified strategic thrusts, and further initiatives will be pursued in 2008.
by Chemical Generation Singapore
Do not be fooled by the siren's call as this level of subsidy might change and will change.
by BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits
When I die, I want to be remembered not to have been a supporter of the PAP.
by Choo Zheng Xi, theonlinecitizen
Suharto is a corrupt, cruel, murderous albeit economically successful dictator. And watching a senior member of my government's cabinet attempting to rewrite history makes me angry.
by Mindy Tan, New Paper
Telemarketeer Rethinasamy Rajasvari, who is blined in one eye, says people with handicaps need help with transport costs.
by New Paper
Pasir Ris school's N-level policy upsets students.
by Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim, Straits Times
As a former school dropout who eventually made it to university, I urge the students not to be disheartened and to give their aspirations their very best shot.
See Also:
Don't Make Statistics So Important In Student Development, by Kang Jing Quan, Straits Times.
Don't Give Up On Less Bright Sec 5 Students, Who May Yet Turn Around, by Daniel Can Baiyang, Straits Times.
See Previously:
Sec 5 Class Advised: Go To ITE Instead, by Sandra Davie, Straits Times.
by Straits Times
The existing MRT exit will be shut down due to ongoing construction of ION Orchard. The new exit opens ot to the upper side of Orchard Road, closer to Wheelock Place and Tangs.
by Assif Shameen, Barron's
The hub of Asian wealth management, Singapore can scarcely find enough private bankers these days. Already the world's second largest private-banking center, it is fast closing in on longtime leader Switzerland, as tough secrecy laws and favorable taxes attract big accounts. from throughout Asia.
by Bryan Caplan, EconLog
I've heard a lot of smart people warn that co-payments are penny-wise but pound-foolish, because people cut back on high-benefit preventive care. Unless someone is willing to dispute Singapore's budgetary and health data, it looks like we've got strong counter-evidence to this view: Either Singaporeans don't skimp on preventive care when you raise the price, or preventive care isn't all it's cracked up to be.
by Kerry Howley, Reason Magazine
Let Singapore democratize, by all means, but it's completely bizarre to claim that the Singaproean government, which presides over one of the wealthiest societies in Asia, is preventing citizens from "developing their talents."
by Cara van Miriah, New Paper
by Kwa Chong Teck, National Dental Centre, Today
I am sorry that our staff processed the registration incorrectly. All patients born overseas who present valid Certificate of Singapore Citizenship at our counters are registered as citizens. Passports do not need to be presented.
See Previously:
ID Blues: One Parent's Struggle, by Chow Yeow Whye, Today.
by Salma Khalik, Straits Times
Means testing at hospitals will neither be mean nor demeaning, health minister Khaw Boon Wan promised yesterday.
Referring to middle-income people who might have difficulty meeting their hospital bills, especially in long-drawn illnesses, he said he would rather be more generous than strict.
by Thomas Koshy, Today
by Ansley Ng, Today
Yet another attempt to put Bayshore Park on the en bloc market has been nipped by poor attendance, and residents who are not interested in selling are fed up with the repeated efforts.
by Sujadi Siswo, Channel NewsAsia
Speaking to Singapore media, MM Lee priased the former president for bringing progress and development to Indonesia, and stability to the region.
by Andrew Hurst, Reuters
The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), which is investing 11 billion Swiss francs in UBS, was quoted as saying it does not want influence the running of the Swiss bank.
by Sylvia Toh Paik Choo, New Paper
We ar etongue-tied because one, if we don't speak up, teacher will scold. Two, if we do speak up, chances are our question or answer wrong, kena scolding. And three, we ask a clever question or give a smart answer, sure get scolding.
by Seah Chiang Nee, The Star
New public housing wil be luxurious and high-tech, rather than the bland first-generation flats churned out in the past.
by Marlene Parrish, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Many a traveler has faced the worst cases of today's airline experiences: flight delays, tarmac residencies, frequent cancellations and overall angst. But for those who travel to Thailand, Australia and Southeast Asia, those black clouds in the sky can have a silver, no, make that platinum, lining.
by Singapore Life And Times
Te age-old issue of how to separate the haves and have-nots is raised.
by The Clog
Guess who has just enlisted into national service?
by Blowin' In The Wind
by Yuhui's Blogger
It seemed like such groups, or at least teh ones that I knew of, had either died or gone into extended hibernation.
by Ho Lian-Yi, New Paper
New association plans pay-back scheme if birdal shop closes or photographer disappears.
by Braema Mathi, Straits Times
by Salma Khalik, Straits Times
Patients hoping for a C class bed will not have to pay more than one-third of their hospital bills, no matter how well-off they are.
Health minister Khaw Boon Wan gave this benchmark when asked how his means testing proposal, to make the rich pay more than the poor for hospitalisation, will work.
Put another way, the maximum increment is 1.75 times of the current rate.
by Tara Tan and Jamie Ee Wen Wei, Straits Times
Severe shortage due to tainted China shipments rejected by AVA.
by Dow Jones
by Teo Xuanwei, Today
Singaporeans have the Central Provident Fund (CPF), but they could have one more retirement scheme with which to live more comfortably — if companies set up their own schemes for employees.
by Midnight Monkey Monitor
While we love nature, do we want to destroy nature just for us to have a piece of it?
by Ned Stark, Winter Is Coming
by Andrew Loh, theonlinecitizen
How did the HDB and then the NEA fail in their attempts to contact her?
by Singapore And The Stuff
I realized that Singapore on the whole has a risk-adverse environment and low tolerance for making mistakes.
by Sandra Davie, Straits Times
Call it a disheartening start to the new school year.
A group of 27 girls in Secondary 5 class in a mission school - which shall remain unnamed - were advised by their principal on the first day of school last wek to seek trasfers to the Institude of Technical Education (ITE), since they were unlikely to do well in the O levels this year.
by Channel NewsAsia
SBS bus ridership climbed by 4.2 per cent last year. SMRT saw a rise of 6 per cent in passenger numbers.
by Sheralyn Tay, Today
by Wong Mun Wai, Channel NewsAsia
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has said that demand for taxi services is dynamic and sensitive to pricing. So this demand needs some time to stabilise, following the fare revisions which kicked in last month.
by The Void Deck
Pre-election "cheap" healthcare promises are just talk.
by Straits Times
In a bid to encouage residents to take ownership of their immediate environment, the South West Community Development Council (CDC) has come up with a 'Litter-free Block' programme.
by When Docs Turn Gods
The outpatient setting is probably where the true impact of means testing will be felt immediately.
by Leong Sze Hian, theonlinecitizen
Since it was the HDB's mistake, the HDB should try to give her back the hawker stall which she had been renting for more than 10 years.
by Aaron Ng, Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
The prime minister is picked from the party that wins the most number of seats in the legislature... Public opinion does not matter.
by The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist
I became concerned the repoter's views towards the end of the article which suddenly twists to a debate on one man one vote system in a political election.
by Florence Chong, The Australian
Singapore plans to steup up investment in foreign airports. The city-state's Civil Aviation Authority is following in the footsteps of other Singapore government-owned agencies with the move.
by Reuters
Passengers on the world's biggest plane had to switch aircraft in Singapore after the first commercial superjumbo accidentally touched the grass on the side of the tarmac as it left the departure terminal.
by Insane Polygons
Simply put, this means testing will not affect the rich at all. Most of them are already staying at private hospitals anyway or the A or B class wards. Who it will affect are basically the middle class, which is mostly you and me. What this means testing will accomplish in the end is to make the middle class pay more for hospitalisation.
by Singapore Life And Times
by Low Ching Ling, New Paper
by Ting Wo
There are too many rich people in Singapore who are willing to pay the few dollars ERP charge.
by Shelly Sim, Shelled & Deshelled
by Chow Yeow Whye, Today
Isn't Certificate of Singapore Citizenship proof of my child's nationality?
by Li Xueying, Straits Times
by Neo Chai Chin, Today
Former hawker Mdm Lee Ah Muey, 75, wishes she could turn back time and perhaps reverse a decision that has led to an $18,000 headache.
by Lee Kok Fatt, Ministry of Finance, Straits Times
by May Wong, Channel NewsAsia
Professor Robert Merton, Nobel Laureate, Harvard Busienss School, said: "The idea of cobining the annuity with healthcare insurance is that when the person has the need for extra health treatment, such as long-term care, it's less likely that they'll live long and so the extra cost of paying for that medical expense is offset by the fact that they don't have to pay the annuity for a long period. That offsetting risk of the two allows the provider to give a better price for the combined contract of medcal plus annuity."
by Arthur Waldron, Commentary
I had a strong sense of trouble lurking beneath the surface when a Singaporean colleague recently wrote me about the growing numbers of Chinese from the People's Republic who are coming to Singapore.
by Kevin Lim, Reuters
by Reuters
by Ho Ai Li, Straits Times
With demand outstripping supply for places in popular international schools here, at least two are offering places for sale.
by Chio Su-Mei, Channel NewsAsia
by Zafar Anjum, Computerworld Singapore
The latest United Nation's (UN) survey, measuring the readiness of member countries to adopt e-government, has found that many Asian countries are falling behind western nations. India, the Philippines, Singapore, and thailand have not kept up with other countries.
Even though Singapore continues to lead the region in the latest index, it fell from the seventh spot in 2005 to the 23rd in the overall international ranking.
by Michael Wan, Campus Observer
NUS exchange student Pia Muzaffar Dawson did the unthinkable last November. Along with two exchange students, the 22-year-old took her changes with Singapore's tough laws against public protests by marching down Orchard Road into an area guarded by about 1,000 armed police and soldiers.
by Hun Boon, Star Bamboo Singapore
You can be sure that in Singapore, economic interests will always trump all others.
by XFN Asia
by Bill Weir and Sara Holmberg, ABC News
Citizens willing to trade civil liberties for a cleaner, safer, efficient society.
by NUS Pharmaceutical Society
by ed'sperience
By marginalising those whom are different, they stop the mouth of the river, whilst feeding on the dminiishing puddle.
by Aaron Ng, Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
Hospitalisation can be expensive business but it need not be if one takes up private medical insurance.
by Jonathan Lim Wen Zhi, Tan Meng Lee, Jason Chiam, Today
Singaporeans may... be deterred having seen some opposition politicians taken to task for irresponsible actions and speechs. The result is that citizens continue to express their political opinions in the kopitiams and marketplace instead of political forums.
by Edroos Alsagoff
Aren't we forgetting another large group of people who, whether we choose to believe or not, are engaging in sexual activities?
by Tan Hau Teck, Straits Times
Sitting on our hands hoping that more people develop 'love and loyalty' will not work, and neither will asking others to do the job, while one remains in their own private sector jobs.
This is a strawman. We shouldn't, of course, not reward public servants for a job well done, and hope that they are patriotic enough to continue to do the job without rewards. The issue that some people don't see is that for many people — especially the talented and experienced — the reward must not come merely from a monetary angle.
by Tan Hong Pew, Straits Times
Public health care is another punishment for the minority of [income] tax-paying citizens. It appears [they] are treated as second class citizens devoid of any state benefits.
by Felix Ang Kok Hou, Straits Times
While I agree the rich should be subsidised less than the poor, I am unable to reconcile some issues.
The bottom line: how much are we saving, and where will the saving be distributed? Will the government cop out by justifying this as a future potential savings, which no one has any accurate figures?
See Also:
How Khaw Can Win Over Minds, by Charles Tan, Today.
by P N Balji, Today
A great opportunity to take corporate disclosure to a new level was lost.
by AFP
Singapore on Wednesday opened its largest and most expensive airport terminal that industry analysts say will reinforce the city-state's position as a regional aviation hub.
by Straits Times
Six pest control companies in Singapore have been fined a total of $262,759 for bid-rigging and collusive tendering.
by Simply Jean
by Andrew Loh, theonlinecitizen
Words chosen have an impact on society, especially when they come from a government on which most Singaporeans still look to for direction.
by Ng Wan Ching, New Paper
"The money that we have will not last foreverr. We must conserve it to make it last as long as possible."
by Gerald Giam, theonlinecitizen
The bottom line is that LTA really had no business pronouncing judgment on this minor infringement of a private company's rules (if at all).
by Angus Whitley, Bloomberg
Jetstar Asia Airways Pte may be barred by the Malaysian government from flying to Kuala Lumpur from Singapore, the STar reported, citing Malaysian transport minister Chan Kong Choy.
by The Ignorantsoup
It makes no sense for the cabbies to earn more for a call booking.
The cost of anything need not make any sense except for one: is it the price that enough customers will pay in order to make a good profit?
by Liang Dingzi, Today
by Lee Su Shyan, Straits Times
Conglomerate Fraser & Neave (F&N) is dissolving a controversial $1 million-a-year consultancy agreement it inked with its chairman Lee Hsien Yang last year. The consultancy fee will still be paid to Mr Lee - but it will be paid as director's fees instead.
See Also:
Singapore Fraser And Neave Puts Chairman Pay To Vote, by Reuters.
by Leong Wee Keat, Today
What street directory producer Virtual Map unwittingly did was leave behind "fingerprints of copying" — when it reproduced deliberate errors in some of the Singapore Land Authority's (SLA) maps.
Adding deliberate errors into maps or dictionaries is a standard practice. For Virtual Map to fell into such trap demonstrates their inexperience.
by Christie Loh, Today
What is behind the Singapore Girl's string of jinxed courtships?
by Suhana Kharudin, Land Transport Authority, Straits Times
As the station names are actual location names common to both English and Malya applications, they are not translated into Malay.
by Cindy Tan Hui Cheng, Straits Times
by Insane Polygons
by Li Xueying, Straits Times
The idea of a gracious society - 'where people are considerate to one another, where you don't make more noise to upset your neighbour than you need to, where you tell the other motorist, Please have the right of way' - was 'harder to come by,' said Mr Lee.
by Christopher Tan, Straits Times
by Reuters
Holders of China Eastern Airlines' Shanghai- and Hong-Kong-listed shares on Tuesday rejected a deal to sell a 24 percent stake in the country's third-largest carrier to Singapore Airlines for US$920 million.
See Also:
SIA Disappointed Over Rejection By China Eastern Shareholders, by Channel NewsAsia.
by Channel NewsAsia
He said that funds such as the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) and Temasek Holdings are relatively small and pose no threat.
Of course, just because you say doesn't make it so. Or: just because it is true doesn't make perceptions to come to the same conclusion.
by BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits
Why can't the Ministry of Helath consider subsidising healthcare nearly 100% (like the Ministry of Education), or not subsidise at all, like for petrol?
by Mucho Suerte
Through government scholarshiops and military training programmes, the elite of Singapore's civil service and military officers acquired not only American know-how, but also the know-who to build lasting ties.
by Sgpolitics.net
I feel it is unfair that advertising for lower fees should be considered "soliciting," along with other actions such as touting.
by AFP
by Larry Haverkamp, New Paper
HDB's new rules enable owners to generate income from their units. The downside? You may have to move in with your relatives.
by Satish Cheney, Channel NewsAsia
by Singapore Sojourn
While not the highest quality of journalism and leaning toward the tabloid end of the spectrum, My Paper nevertheless fills a market niche.
by Decay On Net
Qmax, one of the operators of Wireless@sg, is hijacking the website and throwing their advertisements on websites that doesn't belong to them.
by Maria Almenoar, Straits Times
According to LTA, cabbies caught calling out to passengers along the road are considered to be soliciting for passengers.
by Phua Kai Hong, Today
Means testing is not the panacea to solve all health care and financiing problems. It is merely a tool to guide better allocation of scarce public resources.
See Also:
Hospital Means Testing Won't Mean Higher Costs For Most, by Salma Khalik, Straits Times. People can still choose ward classes but rich will get lower subsidies than poor, says Khaw Boon Wan.
by Loh Chee Kong, Today
Why is it that one group evokes sharp and direct censure from the political leadership, while the other does not?
Needless to say, Mr Ngiam Tong Dow and Dr Catherine Lim are backed by their achievements and standing in the establishment, and it would be politically awkward, to say the least, for any government to put down one of its own.
by Straits Times
Health minister Khaw Boon Wan said the test wil only take into account the individual's income. For the economically inactive, their type of hosing will be used as a yardstick to determine the amount of subsidy they can receive.
by Chemical Generation Singapore
by The Musings Of An Opinionated Sod
by Mr Wang Says So
by The States Times
by Terence Lee, theonlinecitizen
New media, particularly blogs and videos, have become a prominent newsmaker in its own right — even setting the agenda for what is to be featured in Singaproe mainstream media.
by Rick Carew and Costas Paris, Wall Street Journal
See Also:
Singapore Airlines Falls On Rival Bid For China Eastern Stake, by Irene Shen, Bloomberg.
by Freak Thoughts
The rich is getting richer, and the poor, poorer. It is not the first time we are hearing this, but it is probably the first time Singaporeans are feeling this.
by Eric Ellis, Sydney Morning Herald
One place where libel remains a legal growth industry is in a tiny country desperate to become part of the developed world: among the sensitive political and busines spetals of SIngapore. As Rupert Murdoch is himself finding out via News Corporatin's purchase of Dow Jones.
With this libel headache now on Murdoch's desk, Singapore faces a media company run by a dominant individual who is an archly pragmatic dealmaker when it suit shim. That could mean wiggle room for legal negotiation except that, with libel, the Lees famously are not much for turning. Absolute victory is their goal. It will be fascinating to see how the battle plays out, mindful of the messages it could send around a democratising region where state control of media is evolving and where libel clearly is not yet dead.
by Asiaone
Asked if it was legitimate for cabbies to offer customers discounts, a spokesman for Comfort, Singapore's largest taxi operator, said that cabbies are essentially their own businessmen. She added: 'It is their prerogative to give discounts to their customers should they so desire.'