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by Scott Rochfort, Sydney Morning Herald
Tiger Airways has lost its second chief financial officer in less than two years, amid speculation the Singapore Airlines-backed budget airline is also struggling to retain staff in Australia.
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
Take heart, Seng-kang-ers and Punggol-ers, you are travelling on a world-class public transport every day to work. According to Sydney Morning Herald, the North East Line is "widely regarded as a world benchmark for the latest in metro rail."
by F1underground
WHat irony then, that at a time when Formula 1 is struggling to reinvent itself as an environmentally responsible sport that the organizers of the Singapore Grand Prix have chosen Earth Hour to debut megawatt using streetlights that will be used to illuminate F1's first night race later this year.
by Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia
Transport minister Raymond Lim said he has asked LTA to work with the finance ministry to see if certificate of entitlement (COE) and additional registration fee (ARF) rebates can be given in cash when motorists decide to give up their cars.
Of course, the obvious follow up question: what about me, who "gave up" the desire to own a car even before buying the first car? :-)
by Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia
Transport minister Raymond Lim said it is premature to say whether Singapore's MRT line will eventually extend into Johor Bahru.
Mr Lim said there is a working group with officials from both sides looking into how best to enhance connectivity between Singapore and Johor. While one of the options is a rail link, Mr Lim said other options are still being discussed.
by Yaw Shin Leong
I recalled that during the elections, the PAP urged Nee Soon East constituents not to vote for WP's Dr Poh Lee Guan. The reason the PAP gave was because Ho Peng Kee had ministerial potential and therefore they cannot afford to lose him.
In view of Shanmugam's promotion, has the PAP leadership changed their assessment about Peng Kee's ministerial potential?
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
The trouble with Singapore is that we too easily see ourselves as a hotel: The guests are treated royally, and all their predilections catered to. The citizens, however, cannot talk about their rights - such talk is immediately cast as a threat to national security - nor demand respect and justice. Instead we're fed a diet of "mission accomplished" stories, telling us we're a paradise.
by Singaporeporfavor
Singapore has done a lot with itself, and, though most know nothing of it, Singapore does have an interesting culture.
by The Tide Chaser
Today, a group of us Semakau guides decided to go Marina East to explore the marshland.
by Unique-Frequency
by Gerald Giam, theonlinecitizen
In the remaining three years of this government's term in power, we can expect more of the same old politics and policies.
by Mercifulrain
This is a group of people who reduce waste by giving and taking goods for free.
by S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia
Senior minster Goh Chok Tong has described Singapore's political self-renewal system as well-balancd, with very experienced ministers and new ones who have been tried out gradually.
by Marvis Toh and Jamie Ee Wen Wei, Straits Times
Unlike middle-income earners, they have fewer options to cut energy use as they use basic appliances.
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