‘Main Article’ Archives
Transparency Ranking Of Temasek Holdings and GIC (www.swfinstitute.org)
Linaburg-Maduell Transparency Index The Linaburg-Maduell Transparency Index was developed at the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute by Carl Linaburg and Michael Maduell. The Linaburg-Maduell transparency index is a method of rating transparency in [...]
The Ravi Veloo Saga: Is it wrong to mock an Indian accent? (Sunday Times 18 Apr)
YES: It is for cheap laughs The issue of entertainers mocking accents is not new, but it was enough for Straits Times reader Ravi Veloo to write in to the newspaper's Forum page, asking why radio deejays pick on the Indian accent. In his [...]
Complete Report: The Great (unreachable?) S’pore Dream (ST 17 Apr)
As part of his 'What is your dream?' project, freelance photographer Charles Lim approached strangers and got them to write down their dreams on a chalkboard. Responses ranged from the idealistic (above) to the pragmatic (second picture). -- PHOTOS: [...]
PM on nepotism and youtube excerpts of interview with Charlie Rose (ST 16 Apr)
Apr 16, 2010 PM LEE'S INTERVIEW ON US TV PM Lee on nepotism httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEM2JFdOtQQ&feature=player_embedded VETERAN television journalist Charlie Rose had an exchange with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong over the way [...]
Uplifting the working poor (ST 16 Apr)
Helping low-wage workers help themselves through training are (from left) the WDA's Jennifer Tan, CPF Board's Maple Chang, and MOM's Jane Lim and Hoe Yeen Teck. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE TWO years ago, an experiment to turn the despair of low-wage [...]
50 reasons why Singapore is the greatest city in the world Part 1 (cnngo.com)
Editor's Note: Catherine Ling, Michelle Bong, Alisa Chopard, Christa Yeo, Hatta Aziz, Yuen Yi Ying and Larry Loh, CNNGo Singapore City Editor all contributed to this report. 1. Singapore = Food. The city-state dominates the 'net with food [...]
Complete Report On Youtube Hits: Singaporean Ng Ling Kai (Sunday Times 11 Apr)
Apr 11, 2010 YouTube hits Singaporeans are getting their big break online. And record firms also trawl the site for the next big thing By Nicholas Yong and Cheryl Tan Nursing a fractured knee, Ng Ling Kai picked up her guitar out of boredom [...]
DBS CEO, who joined in Nov, earned $3 mil in two months (Reuters)
SINGAPORE, April 10 (Reuters) - The new chief executive of Singapore's DBS (DBSM.SI), who joined in November last year, received S$4.2 million ($3.02 million) in his first two months in the job as his pay package was boosted by bonus [...]
Teen makes online bomb threat on school & police station (Sgforums 25 Mar)
A STOMPer was shocked when he came across a social-networking account of a Singaporean youth, who bragged about stealing and committing arson and even threatened to 'bomb' a secondary school and a police station. In a separate STOMP report, [...]
DSO Labs running checks on letter to PM (ST 24 Mar)
Mar 24, 2010 DSO Labs running checks on letter to PM By Zakir Hussain THE DSO National Laboratories is examining a letter, addressed to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, that was received at the Istana on Monday. A police spokesman [...]
Singapore is the 2nd most crowded country in the world: Reuters
S'pore is the 2nd most crowded country in the world - Reuters Reuters Singapore has the world's second highest population density with 18,189 people per square mile. Link
Famous Quotes of MM Lee Kuan Yew (http://leewatch.info/quotes/)
On DEMOCRACY “But we either believe in democracy or we not. If we do, then, we must say categorically, without qualification, that no restraint from the any democratic processes, other than by the ordinary law of the land, should be allowed… [...]
Top 10 highest taxes in the world (moneycentral.msn.com 10 Mar)
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com..._blg=1,1692807 By David Seaman, MainStreet The U.S. doesn’t have it so bad tax-wise compared to other nations, despite what Glenn Beck would have you believe. Here‘s a rundown of average income tax [...]
Singapore’s 40 Richest (Forbes)
Special Report Singapore's 40 Richest Suzanne Nam, 09 Sep 09, 11:00 PM ET Singapore is emerging from its deepest recession since the island became an independent nation in 1965. Though the economy may shrink up to 6% this year, [...]
Do You Earn More Than $52,350 – The Median Annual Income? (salary.sg)
Do You Earn More Than $52,350 The Median Annual Income? March 10th, 2010 $52,350 is the median income of all resident taxpayers for YA2008, which I calculated based on the numbers in IRAS annual reports. You can use this income comparison [...]
